- J. A. Baker by J. A. Baker

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 30, 1902

— J. A. Baker

By J. A. Baker

“Mizpah”

Go thou thy way, and I go mine, Apart, yet not afar; Only, when evil hangs between The pathways where we are, May God keep watch ’tween thee and me, This is my prayer; He looketh thy way, he looketh mine, And keeps us near.

I sigh sometimes to see thy face; But since this may not be, I’ll leave thee to the care of him Who cares for thee and me.

“I’ll keep you both beneath my wings,” This comforts, dear— One wing o’er thee, and one o’er me, So we are near.

And though our paths be separate, And thy way is not mine, Yet, coming to the mercy seat, My soul will meet with thine, And “God keep watch ’tween thee and me,” I’ll whisper there; He blesseth thee, he blesseth me, And we are near.