Cometh a Blessing Down

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · May 24, 1877

Cometh a Blessing Down.

Not to the man of dollars, Not to the man of deeds, Not to the man of cunning, Not to the man of creeds; Not to the one whose passion Is in the world's renown, Not in the form of fashion, Cometh a blessing down.

Not unto land's expansion, Not to the miser's chest, Not to the princely mansion, Not to the blazoned crest; Not to the sordid worldling, Not to the knavish clown, Not to the haughty tyrant, Cometh a blessing down.

Not to the folly-blinded, Not to the steeped in shame, Not to the carnal-minded, Not to unholy fame; Not in neglect of duty, Not in the monarch's crown, Not at the smile of beauty, Cometh a blessing down.

But to the one whose spirit, Yearns for the great and good, Unto the one whose store-house Yielded the hungry food; Unto the one who labors Fearless of foe or frown; Unto the kindly-hearted, Cometh a blessing down.