p. 15 | The Christian’s Hope by Pearl Waggoner

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 27, 1913

The Christian’s Hope

By Pearl Waggoner

· PEARL WAGGONER

LET me have the Christian’s hope! You may call it dark and gloomy if you choose; But I should not think to change it, Nor for wealth of earth exchange it; Not for worlds could I this hope afford to lose.

Let me have the Christian’s hope! Earth-born hopes or dreams can ne’er with it compare; Earthly joys, or wealth, or pleasures, All its dearest, most-sought treasures, Ne’er can vie with those which wait me over there.

Let me have the Christian’s hope! Never will it cause a disappointing tear; For its glorious consummation Will exceed anticipation, With my loved ones and my Saviour ever near,

Let me have the Christian’s hope Of that home where fear of loss ne’er makes afraid; Where no grief the heart shall sadden; Where the stream of life shall gladden, And shall heal the wounds that sin and pain have made.

Let me have the Christian’s hope! Then what matters it what else below I miss? I am rich, with heaven o’er me; Pure delights are just before me, In its fields of unalloyed, eternal bliss.

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