p. 173 | Our Young Societies by Viola E. Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 14, 1882

Our Young Societies.

By Viola E. Smith

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” —Mark 16:15.

BY VIOLA E. SMITH.

Friends, “let not your heart be troubled;” From the far Judean hill, Down the corridors of ages, Float these words of comfort still.

On the hearts of his disciples, On that little, sorrowing band, Must his words like balm have fallen, In the distant Holy Land.

Hear, O earth! careworn and weary, Groaning ’neath thy weight of woe, Hearken to the voice majestic Coming from the long ago.

’Mid the din, the wild confusion, Of this busy, restless life, Hear ye not the benediction, Quieting all fear and strife?

Ye who toil for truth and justice, Is your courage almost gone? Lies the right ’neath all crushed and bleeding, While the wrong sweeps proudly on?

Look aloft, to God above you, Him on whom your hope is stayed; And “let not your heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid.”

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