TO THE SORROWING by L. A. Cartwright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 14, 1871

TO THE SORROWING.

By L. A. Cartwright

“Put thou my tears into thy bottle.” Psalm 56: 8.

Oh, bottle of the Lord! how full of tears, Gathered from weeping eyes six thousand years. Each pearly drop its own account has given, Its record kept by Him who rules in Heaven. The tears of anguish for the loss of friends, Of blighted hopes and bitter grief that rends Our aching hearts—remorse’s o’erwhelming tide, And all the trials that our souls have tried, And Jesus wept. Oh! blessed tears; that win Poor wayward mortals from the paths of sin. The pitying Saviour all our sorrows knew, How frail our natures our temptations too; And he alone can give our souls relief, Ease all our pains and take away our grief, And God himself will wipe all tears away, And turn earth’s gloomy night to Heaven’s bright day. L. A. CARTWRIGHT.