REPENTANCE by Francis Quarles

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1900

REPENTANCE

By Francis Quarles

LORD, I have lain Barren too long, and fain I would redeem the time, that I may be Fruitful to thee; Faithful in knowledge, faith, obedience, Ere I go hence, That when I come At harvest to be reaped, and brought home, Thine angels may My soul in thy celestial garner lay, Where perfect joy and bliss Eternal is. If to entreat A crop of purest wheat, A blessing too transcendent should appear For me to bear, Lord, make me what thou wilt, so thou wilt take What thou dost make, And not disdain To house me, though among thy coarsest grain. So I may be Laid with the gleanings gathered by thee, When the full sheaves are spent, I am content. —Francis Quarles.