THE UNWELCOME GUEST by Henrietta R. Eliot

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 21, 1882

THE UNWELCOME GUEST

By Henrietta R. Eliot

“Feed my lambs.”—John 21:15

THE UNWELCOME GUEST.

When Grief shall come to thee, Think not to flee, For Grief, with steady pace, Will win the race; Nor crowd her forth with Mirth, For at thy hearth, When Mirth is tired and gone, Will Grief sit on; But make of her thy friend, And in the end Her counsels will grow sweet; And, with swift feet, Three lovelier than she Will come to thee— Calm Patience, Courage strong, And Hope—everlong,

—Henrietta R. Eliot, in Lippincott's Magazine.