p. 1 | THE CHANGE by E. W. Darling

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 9, 1869

THE CHANGE.

By E. W. Darling

Those who boast of “bird in hand,” Building only on the sand, Scoffing at the promise sure, How will they the change endure, When this present world shall fade, With its hues of light and shade. And another scene to view, One eternal bright and true? All their guilty pleasures fled, Leaving curses on their head; Future then no hope for them, Present only grief and shame. All the mercies once despised, Now too late are duly prized, Knowledge of the blessed state, Grief, repentance, all too late. Once they chose to live at ease, Pride and carnal heart to please; With the rebels they have gone, Now they must together burn.— But we find a humble few Who a different track pursue, Looking for the world to come, To that bright eternal home, They with earnest strong desire, Strive to gain a treasure there, All the world's vain empty show, Guilty pleasure, they forego. Oh! how blest the change will be For that little company.

E. W. DARLING.

Faribault, Minn.