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The Meaning of Pain

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 14, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 15.

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The Meaning of Pain

THE cry of man’s anguish went up unto God: “Lord, take away pain,— The shadow that darkens the world Thou hast made, The close-coiling chain
“That strangles the heart, the burden that weighs On the wings that would soar,— Lord, take away pain from the world Thou hast made, That it love Thee the more!”
Then answered the Lord to the cry of His world: “Shall I take away pain, And with it the power of the soul to endure, Made strong by the strain?
“Shall I take away pity, that knits heart to heart, And sacrifice high? Will ye lose all your heroes that lift from the fire White brows to the sky?
“Shall I take away love, that redeems with a price And smiles at its loss? Can ye spare from your lives, that would climb unto Mine, The Christ on His cross?”
— British Weekly.