p. 43 | THE WORKS OF GOD by Mrs. A. C. Judson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 25, 1871

THE WORKS OF GOD.

By Mrs. A. C. Judson

“He hath made everything beautiful in His time.”

The face of earth is beautiful, And the broad, blue arch above, With its many orbs so brilliant, All beaming out in love; And beautiful the sunrise, With its varied hues so bright, And the mellow tints at evening, As sinks day's gorgeous light.

The flowers—the flowers are beautiful, Upspringing everywhere, With their many forms and colors, So rich, and sweet, and fair; And the earth's choice velvet carpet Is grateful to the eye, And the forest trees—how beautiful! All towering to the sky.

There's beauty in the streamlet As it dances on its way; How merrily its ripples In the bright sunbeams play! And the mossy banks, how lovely Their shadows in the stream, Awak’ning sacred pleasure, Like memory's hallowed dream.

Aye, all His works are beautiful, Around, beneath, above; And 'tis written as with sunbeams On each, that God is Love! Then while the heart rejoiceth In the beauties of our earth, Let fervent praise be rendered To Him who gave them birth.

—Mrs. A. C. Judson.