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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Apr 1, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 13.

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The Print of the Nails

By David Reed Miller

When you speak with the love of the Lord on your lips, And the cross with your conscience prevails; When your song with the pathos of Calvary drips, Can you show Him the print of the nails? For the print of the nails is the Nazarene's test Of your service as well as His own; 'Tis the unfailing test that excels all the rest, As you work from the cross to the throne.
His voice calls to-day for the true and the tried, For the service that evil assails; For the friends who are willing to stand by His side, But He calls for the print of the nails! O the print of the nails is the Nazarene's test, 'Tis the proof of your fellowship dear; Can you go to the cross with the things you love best And show Him the marks of the spear?
I know that you long to be true to His name, And to serve with a faith that ne'er fails; To stand in your lot, be it glory or shame, Though it bring you the print of the nails.
Then tell me, my friend, what is that in thine hands? Are the scars of your sacrifice there? Have you yielded your life to the Saviour's commands? Are you true to the name that you bear?
O the print of the nails is the mark that ne'er fails! Is thy fellowship true? Has His blood won for you? Then where is the print of the nails? — David Reed Miller, in the United Presbyterian.