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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 11, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 15.

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“I Shall Be Satisfied”

By R. A. Rhees

Far out of sight, while yet the flesh enfolds us, Lies that fair country where our hearts abide; And of its bliss is naught more wondrous told us Than these few words, “I shall be satisfied.”
Satisfied? Satisfied? The spirit’s yearning For sweet companionship of kindred minds— The silent love that here meets no returning, The inspiration which no language finds—
Shall they be satisfied? The soul’s vague longing, The aching mind which nothing earthly fills? O, what desires upon my soul are thronging, As I look upward to the heavenly hills!
Thither my weak and weary feet are tending— Saviour and Lord, with Thy frail child abide. Guide me toward home, where, all my wanderings ending, I shall see Thee, and shall be satisfied.
—R. A. Rhees.