Putting in the Sun by Eva Young

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 22, 1904

Putting in the Sun

By Eva Young

An artist, fond of sunshine, Who wide-spread fame had won, Would oft begin his painting By putting in the sun.

Then all the varying landscape Of mountain, sea, and vale, Received a bright reflection, And told a sunny tale.

We love a cheerful painting, And can not we begin Each busy day that dawneth To put some sunshine in?

Then every hour that follows, In some harmonious way, May mirror back the gladness Which hailed the opening day.

The artist paints no longer, His earthly days are done; But still it lives—his lesson Of putting in the sun.

—Eva Young.