WAITING by J. E. H.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 27, 1904

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

WAITING

By J. E. H.

[By J. E. H., in S. S. Times.]

“They also serve who only stand and wait.” Yea, Lord, and many such perchance there be, Who, unawares, in patience serving Thee, Stand all day long before some fast-barred gate.

Beyond, there lie sweet dreams yet unfulfilled, Or hope deferred that sickens the stout heart And makes it far from gladness dwell apart, While faith yet keeps its clamorous outcry stilled.

Some wait with wistful faces ever set With eager longing toward the distant prize; And some, whose hope is dead, yet lift their eyes, Waiting and praying still with lashes wet.

So few that wait with smiling, hopeful cheer! Yet these serve best, for that they seem to say,— “Waiting is blessing; those who wait must pray, And praying brings the kingdom even here.”