p. 99 | Our Troubles

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 10, 1872

Our Troubles.

It is said that “the irritating grain of sand, which by accident or incaution has got within the shell of an oyster, incites the living inmate to secrete from its own resources the means of coating the intrusive substance, and thus germinates the pearl.” May it not be so with our troubles and afflictions? May not they, even, be turned into pearls of great price?

“O my Saviour! Thou dost know, By thy sufferings here below, All the depth of human woe,”

All the subtle Tempter’s wiles, The allurements of his smiles, And how sin the heart defiles.

And, since so pitiful thou art, So patient with my wayward heart, And bid’st my cares and fears depart,

I’ll hearken ever to thy call, Nor choose my path, whate’er befall— So shalt thou be my “All in all!”