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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 7, 1874

EMBLEMS

Pearls of the ocean ! If we should say Nought is more beautiful Than your mild ray, What of the gates of pearl Shining afar?— When likened unto them, Rayless you are.

Ruby and sapphire, Lustrous and bright, Rosy and purple, Rejoicing the sight;— Yet, is not wisdom Which eye shall endure, More precious than ruby, Than sapphire more pure?

Tender green emerald ! Say, can there be Aught in the earth or sky Fairer than thee? Yes, for the rainbow Which circles the throne Gleams like no emerald, Mortals have known!

Diamond ! that catchest Each ray from the sun, Brilliant thou art With the light thou hast won. But, when I think of The crown of the saint ; Dull seems thy radiance, Thy luster, how faint !

Bright gems and jewels ! The home of your birth Often is found in Dark places of earth;— And, when God gathers His jewels, the meek, Not the world's mighty, Are those he will seek.

So, when our eyes In earth's beauties rejoice, Let them remind us With many a voice, That all these treasures Our Father has given Only as emblems Of treasures in Heaven !

—Sel.