CHRIST CAME TO SAVE by L. D. Santee

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 20, 1901

CHRIST CAME TO SAVE.

By L. D. Santee

ELDER L. D. SANTEE.

All day, and all day, is the tide of humanity flowing On the pavement below; Through the hours of night, and the hours when day's furnace is glowing, They come, and they go; And many the faces and forms that are constantly showing Their burdens of woe.

I think, as I gaze on the great throbbing heart of the city, And list to its din, There is need of the Christ, of some one to come and take pity, And cleanse them from sin. Yet, thanks be to God, there are some in this great crowded city Who have Christ formed within.

Ever the Shiloh of God, with a heart that is loving and tender, Pities the weak, Offers them life and a home in the city of splendor, If they will but seek Living connection with Him who the judgment will render, And list while He speaks.

Ever to hearts that are bowed is His sweet Spirit calling: Offering release: “Come unto me, all ye weary;” and sin’s burden falling, Gives measure of peace. “Cast all your care upon me, O afflicted and toiling! Your sorrows shall cease.

All day, and all day, is the tide of humanity flowing To and fro on the pave, And every one there, in his journeys, his coming and going, Has Christ died to save. And I think, oh, how many their sin in their faces are showing! How few are the saved!

How few are the feet ’mong the many that, restless and turning, The pavement have trod,— How few are the hearts that are praying, desiring, and yearning For a nearness with God. How few will have homes, where the gold and the crimson are burning, In the garden of God.