p. 12 | I NEVER KNEW

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 13.

I NEVER KNEW.

I never knew before the world So beautiful could be, As I have found it since I learned All care to cast on Thee; The scales have fallen from my eyes, And now the light I see.

I never knew how very dear My fellow-men could be, Until I learned to help them with A ready sympathy; Their inner lives have made me know A broader charity.

I never knew how little things As greater ones could be, When sanctified by love for One Who doth each effort see; But now a daily round of care May win a victory.

I never knew; and still, dear Lord, As through a glass I see, And perfect life can only come When I shall dwell with Thee. When, in Thy likeness, I awake For all eternity.

—Living Church.