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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 24, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 4.

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Love, Light, and Joy

By George Matheson

O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.
O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain, I can not close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be.
— Rev. George Matheson, M. D.