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Life's Discipline

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 20, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 51.

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Life's Discipline

By Eliza H. Morton

ELIZA H. MORTON
The flowers lift their tiny heads And simply grow, Although the beating of the rain Oft lays them low, And like a slowly swinging bell The day and night Succeed each other in their course — Now dark, now light.
The mighty trees send down their roots By waters wide, The nestling birdlings try their wings Beside the tide; But no resistance there is found — God works his will Through trees and days and buttercup And daffodil.
And thus should we give up our ways And simply grow In grace and strength and godliness, For all we owe Our God will pay, and lead us on To conquer sin; Though his the battle, ours will be The discipline.
North Deering, Maine.