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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 29, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 39.

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Testimony

By Marianne Farningham

“Go, tell thy friends,” the Master said; My longing was to stay In the new heaven of his peace, And watch my Lord alway; But he commands me to proclaim A gospel of glad news; To my own people am I sent, And how could love refuse?
And this is what the Lord has done In his strange love for me: The evil spirits he cast out, He healed me, set me free; He touched my heart and made it strong, With rhythmic joy to beat; He laid his hand upon my head, And all my thoughts grew sweet.
This, too, is what my Lord has done: He saw my mad, fierce sin, And cleansed me from it wondrously, Making me clean within. I am a child, born to new life, Redeemed, restored, forgiven; Henceforth I walk through ways of peace To light, and home, and heaven.
For I have seen the Lord. My eyes Have gazed into his face. And O my people! if you knew The wonder of his grace! Who has once felt his touch of love Can never be the same; Life broadens into perfectness By power of his great name.
O, let me take you to my Lord! The way is never long. The very skies look down and smile, The winds sing hope’s glad song; And when he looks at you and speaks, Sorrow is not, nor care; All the world’s sin is borne away, And heaven is everywhere.
— Marianne Farningham.