FAITHFUL by L. D. Santee

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 24, 1901

FAITHFUL

By L. D. Santee

ELDER L. D. SANTEE.

“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Rev. 2:10.

True to the sacred cross, The steadfast purpose of my heart shall be; I count the world but loss, So that Thy presence but abides with me.

Faithful, as thine own truth, My soul rejoices in the promise given, That, glad immortal youth, Will be the portion of the saints in heaven.

And when thy love demands Some sacrifice that I can make for thee, Then, with uplifted hands, My life, my all, I give, dear Lord, to thee.

O pure and heavenly Guest, Wilt thou the chambers of my being fill? So shall I be at rest, Safe and secure from every earthly ill.

And when thou com’st again, To take thy people to the land of song, I’ll say farewell to pain, And join the blood-washed, everliving throng.