THE OASIS OF LIFE by Harvey A. Fuller

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1872

THE OASIS OF LIFE.

By Harvey A. Fuller

There are bright sunny spots in the desert of life, Far away from confusion and care, Where the pilgrim and stranger, dejected and worn, May at times find a resting place there.

'Tis a beautiful sight for the languishing eye, As it turns from its sorrowing gaze On the darkness and gloom of life's dull, arid waste, To the joys which this prospect displays.

'Tis a relic of Eden, this vision from God, Being left for our guidance and cheer, As the earnest or foretaste of future reward, To be given when Christ shall appear.

But the transports of joy which illumine the soul, As they come through these visions of time, Are beyond the weak language of man to express; To declare them would need the divine.

And when blinded by passion and cumbered with care, As we are in our physical state, We receive such impressions of glory as these, What delights must translation await.

Then redouble thy speed, laggard. Time for thy flight Will but hasten the coming of bliss, And the transcendent joys of eternity's sphere Shall compensate for trials in this.

HARVEY A. FULLER.

Mannsville, Jeff. Co., N. Y.