THREE PARABLES by Elizabeth Waterhouse

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 27, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 43.

THREE PARABLES.

By Elizabeth Waterhouse

I WAS not resolute in heart and will To rise up suddenly and seek Thy face, Leaving the swine husks in the desert place, And crying, “I have sinned, receive me still!”

I could not even at the Shepherd’s voice Startle and thrill, with yearnings for the fold, Till He should take me in His blessed hold, And lay me on His shoulder and rejoice.

But lying silent, will-less in the dark, A little piece of silver, lost from Thee, I only knew Thy hands were seeking me, And that I bore through all Thy heavenly mark. • —Elizabeth Waterhouse.