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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 14, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 15.

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By Julia E. Lloyd

BY JULIA E. LLOYD,
ANDREW, when news of Messiah, To his heart began to unfold, “First went and found his own brother And brought him to Jesus,” we’re told.
Thus, thus would we do by our kindred: We have loved them so long and so well, When our hearts know the joy of believing, We hasten the tidings to tell.
“Oh friends! there is opened a fountain Where our souls may be made pure and white, And all may be freed from transgression, And walk in a glorious light.
“Together we watched o’er our loved ones And wept bitter tears o’er their clay. Oh joy! the Redeemer is coming To drive death’s dark shadows away.
“Oh hasten! dear friends, for time waits not; Oh come! for Christ’s arms are spread wide, There are voices to win and to help you, And hearts full of love by your side.”
We eagerly watch and we listen— Will they heed not the offered grace? Will they linger and loiter and perish? Will they turn from a Saviour’s embrace?
The eyes that have looked on us kindly— Will their light forever be dim? And the voice that has been to us music— Will it join unto eternity’s hymn?
Will the ransomed ones meet through the ages, And these in forgetfulness lie? Oh teach them, blest Spirit, to choose now The pathway of life, lest they die!
East Oakland, Cal.