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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 18, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 3.

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THE THREE WATCHWORDS.

To WATCH, to wait, to work ; Ah, me! the fiery sun, The level, treeless, barren, dew-drained fields-- I would the work was done!
To watch, to work, to wait ; Ah, me! the tedious roar Of wreck-strewn oceans over-roofed with clouds-- I would the watch was o'er!
To wait, to work, to watch ; Ah, me! Thou absent Friend, Comest Thou quickly? So Thou saidst--I would The waiting had an end!
My soul, be still and strong! Sight follows after faith, In all advancement of the true and good; He cometh as He saith.
My soul, be still and strong! Here on thy Lord's estate No place is useless, no experience vain-- Work on, watch on, and wait!
—Examiner and Chronicle.