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FOR THE AGED

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 15, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 11.

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FOR THE AGED.

By Editor

[The following hymn was composed by the late Charlotte Elliot, author of “Just as I am,” during a night of great suffering, in her eightieth year. She gave it, the night after she wrote it, to a relative, who found the hymn proved such a comfort to so many aged Christians that she desired its publication.]
In life’s evening long and dreary, From the treasures once possessed, Is thy spirit faint and weary?
  • Dost thou long to be at rest?
On this sweet promise fix thy sight:- “At even-time it shall be light.”
“Light is sown” for thee and gladness, Even in this vale of tears; Soon will pass the night of sadness, Grief will fly when morn appears; Still to faith’s illumin’d sight “At even-time it shall be light.”
Look not on the ills around thee, Earth grows darker every hour; Let not crime’s increase confound thee, Limited is Satan’s power. Look on to regions pure and bright, “At even-time it shall be light.”
Dwell not on the growing weakness That precedes thy frame’s decay; Rise above depressing sickness; Catch the dawn’s approaching ray. Faith can discern the day-star bright, “At even-time it shall be light.”
See thy Saviour bending o’er thee, Even to old age the same; Set life’s one chief end before thee, Still to glorify his name. While on himself is fixed thy sight, “At even-time it shall be light.”