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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 3, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 40.

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CHAS. A. BROWN

By Chas. A. Brown

Patience

CHAS. A. BROWN

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise." Heb. 10: 36.
THE church of Christ in every age hath need Of all God's blessings,—all the Christian graces,— But patience is the special grace to heed While all the world is given to haste and speed, And anxious care is furrowing many faces.
Patience that after ye have done the will Of God, ye may the promised good receive; Patience, that all his law ye may fulfil, That under trial ye may serve him still, And spite of outward ill, his Word believe.
Patient unto the coming of the Lord, Knowing that his long-suffering is salvation, That grace in tribulation he affords; That every omen with his Word accords, In social life, in church and state and nation.
Patience, the all-supporting staff of sorrow! Through toil and persecution, scorn and hate, She leads us to a heaven-ordained tomorrow, And teaches our sad hearts no care to borrow, And points our vision to the pearly gates.
Patience! sweet angel of the shadows, keep The portals of our hearts amid the strife. O guard and guide us lest we sleep the sleep, And in our murmurings find a grave too deep To be illumined by the Light of life!
Milo, Maine.