OUR NEAR HORIZONS

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 21, 1902

OUR NEAR HORIZONS.

I THANK thee, Lord, that thou dost lay These near horizons on my way. If I could all my journey see, There were no charm of mystery, No veiled grief, no changes sweet, No restful sense of tasks complete. I thank thee for the hills, the night, For every barrier to my sight; For every turn that blinds my eyes To coming pain or glad surprise; For every bound thou settest nigh, To make me look more near, more high; For mysteries too great to know; For everything thou dost not show. Upon thy limits rests my heart; Its safe horizon, Lord, thou art.

— Quoted in the Ministry of Comfort.