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THE WORLD AS IT IS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 12, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 24.

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THE WORLD AS IT IS.

By L. D. SANTREE

In the land of the sick and dying, A land that is full of pain, A world full of sorrow and crying, Where the mourners are weeping in vain; A land where the churchyards are filling, Where the fair and the young pass away, Where death is the warm hearts stilling, And darkness follows the day;
Where days have dawned full of beauty, But ended in darkness and storm; Where few have been faithful to duty Which many in wickedness scorn; Where the garlands that love has been twining Are fated to wither so soon; Where the sun that at morning was shining Is hidden in clouds ere the noon;
Where the hearts that we trusted, believing In fondness and innocence there, Crushed out our fond love by deceiving, And filled our poor hearts with despair; Where coldness our love is returning, And faded the garlands of yore; Where the soul's deep unspeakable yearnings Shall be satisfied here, nevermore:—
Yes, such is the land where I'm staying, Where darkness follows the morn; 'Tis a land of weeping and praying, A land of trouble and storm. But we see in the skies the glad token That Christ the Lifegiver is near, That the scepter of death will be broken, And the morning of Heaven appear.
The heavens now brighten in seeming, The day of salvation is near; Oh, spend not the moments in dreaming, But look up and be of good cheer. Bid a long, long adieu to your sadness,— In the darkness no more shall you roam, But in peace, with unspeakable gladness, You'll rest with the ransomed at home.
L. D. SANTREE.
South Mound, Kansas.