p. 1 | A LITTLE WHILE by D. T. Call

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 2, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 9.

“A LITTLE WHILE.”

By D. T. Call

“A little while!” Oh! precious words Of Jesus. Spoken just before The cross, the crown of thorns, the scourge, And mockings, that for me he bore.

A “little while!” What’s that he saith? “A little while!” We cannot understand. Sense only comprehends the parting, And lonely wand’ring to a desert land,

“A little while!” Weeping and lonely, Hearts, nigh to bursting with the parting’s pain, Find peace and comfort in his promise only, “A little while” and “I will come again.”

A “little while!” How oft the words Have cheered the heart that, nigh to breaking, Has clung unto the promise given, And found a balm for all its aching.

A “little while!” and night is over; Cease weeping, and with faith’s glad smile, Fight the good fight, be valiant ever, For Jesus cometh in “a little while!”

—D. T. CALL, in Advent Christian Times.