VOICES

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 11, 1873

1. THE VOICE OF THE DISCIPLE.

One fate with Thee, my Master, I will share; Shame were it to rejoice where thou didst weep; Where thou didst wake, my Lord, I would not sleep, Or faint where thou didst bear.

Far off I follow thee in spite of strife, Returning to thee, though awhile I stray, In spite of thorns and briars in the way, Still on the path to life.

And not alone, because thy presence fills My midnight darkness and my midday light; And so, though friend-bereft, I am not quite Guideless upon the hills.

2. THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED.

My child, thou doest well to trust my love— Can any save thee if I let thee die? Has the world proved to thee more kind than I That thou shouldst doubt and rove?

The world gives tinsel, and I give thee gold; I cast not off my friend for being poor; Come, sad and desolate, unto my door, Or totter, even when old.

Who suffer here, hereafter reign with me, If only they trail not their spirit-wings, Or tire them, by pursuing earthly things, For my eternity.

—Sunday Magazine.