WORKING WITH CHRIST

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 14, 1874

WORKING WITH CHRIST.

The following verses, written by a Christian lady, of Long Island, to Rev. J. Emery, city missionary, will afford encouragement to other workers in the Master's vineyard:—

Go, man of God, bear precious seed, And cast it by the world's wayside; And in due season thou shalt reap A glorious harvest far and wide.

Go, labor on in Jesus' strength, Thy earnest work is not in vain; Soon shall your longing eyes behold The golden fields of ripening grain.

Oh! weary not, whate'er oppose, Although your progress seems but slow, The full production of your toil On earth, may be, thou'lt never know;

But in the final harvest home, There may be some whom you will meet, Acknowledge you the instrument In leading them to Jesus' feet.

Then labor on, thou man of God. Thy Heaven-sent mission to fulfill, An object noble, grand indeed, To do thy heavenly Master's will.

Oh! may you do his will on earth, And when removed to Heaven's bright clime, All those whom here you led to God, As jewels in your crown shall shine.

And when the Saviour thou shalt see, And lowly bow before his throne, His words will fall in accents sweet, Servant of God, well done—well done.—Sel.