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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 16, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 18.

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HEAVENLY GLIMPSES.

By R. C. Baker

Our mortal eyes have never seen, Our mortal ears have never heard The glories of the world unseen, Prepared for those who love the Lord.
The Holy Spirit doth reveal A foretaste of immortal bliss; Some rays of heavenly light and joy Reach from that brighter world to this.
Faith lifts the soul above the earth To those bright realms of bliss afar,— Dispels the mist of doubts and fears, And sees the gates of Heaven ajar.
By faith we view the pearly gates, Swung open wide to let us through; The wall of rainbow-tinted gems Looms up to our enchanted view.
We see the crystal waters flow— Laving the banks of golden ore,— And Eden’s fair, life-giving tree Whose branches reach from shore to shore.
There Sharon’s fadeless roses bloom— There deathless beauty ever reigns,— No tint of death no foul decay, Upon those ever-verdant plains.
No sin, no pain, no death, no tears, These are forever wiped away. No night through all the endless years, God’s glory makes perpetual day.
My soul enamored, longs to soar, From all earth’s sorrows to be free. Oh! shall I tread the blissful shore, And stand beside the crystal sea?
Yes, in the strength of love divine I must—I will that glory share. O Saviour! take this heart of mine; Me for that glorious rest prepare.
R. C. BAKER.