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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 3, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 14.

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CAREFUL AND NEEDFUL.

By S. M. Spicer.

Martha, Martha, thou art careful, Many things engross thy heart; Dost thou know the one thing needful? Wilt thou choose the better part?
Thou’rt kindly careful, loving, thoughtful, Seeking varied cares to meet; Thou dost lose the moments precious, Low to sit at Jesus’ feet.
One thing needful he would teach thee, Pearl of greatest price to seek; Eagerly doth Mary listen, Precious truths we hear him speak!
Seeking first the heavenly kingdom, All else needful thou shalt find; Be earth’s treasures, its ambitions, All its needless cares resigned.
Anxious cares, how oft they press us, Choking growth of precious seed! Hindering still the promised blessing Which our souls so sadly need!
Many Marthas, over-careful, Still pursue life’s toilsome way, Busy, anxious, worn, and weary, With no time to rest or pray;
None to seek the one thing needful, Hope of Heaven when life is o’er, And our hold on earth is broken,— Treasures on the heavenly shore.
S. M. SPICER.