TWO QUESTIONS by L. D. Santee

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 6, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 27.

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TWO QUESTIONS.

By L. D. Santee

BY L. D. SANTEE.

Shall we recognize our friends in heaven?

“Then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Cor. 13:12.

Shall we grieve for those that are not there?

“The former shall not be remembered, nor come upon the heart.” Isa. 65:17, margin.

In the change that shall make us immortal, We shall lose not the dear ones we love. With them we shall enter the portal Of the beautiful mansion above. This thought dispels all of my sadness, Tho I walk down life’s valley alone; For full of unspeakable gladness, Is the thought, “I shall know as I’m known.”

The things whose remembrance brings sorrow, The ones that were, and are not, They come not to sadden the spirit. They are lost to the mind, and forgot. In all of the ages of heaven, The thought of them comes not again. To the ransomed, no memory is given That will sadden the heart, and give pain.

That life will be free from all sorrow Through heaven’s inexhaustible years; No shadows to darken the morrow, No sadness, no pain, and no tears.

In that region where sickness comes never, All the joys of the blest we shall find; There gladness will linger forever, And sorrows ne’er come into mind.