SATISFIED by The Parish Visitor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 30, 1901

SATISFIED

By The Parish Visitor

PART II.

And, were they ever thirsty, That happy pilgrim band? Did their journey never bring them To a dry and weary land? Alas! they knew full sadly The pangs of thirst indeed, But only when they wandered Where Jesus did not lead.

When any earthly longing Came between their souls and Him, When love had lost its fervor, Or faith and hope grown dim, One draft at other fountain Taught them the lesson plain, “Who drinketh of this water Shall surely thirst again.”

They tried earth’s broken cisterns, But they failed them one by one, Till they fainted in the desert Beneath life’s scorching sun. The Lord they had forsaken Still followed as their Rock. His very soul was troubled For the anguish of His flock.

He called them back as kindly As He had called at first, Then from himself, the Fountain, Gave water for their thirst. With life and strength returning, They followed their loved Guide, And all the desert places Of their hearts were satisfied.

PART III.

Will you not try the comfort Of the Shepherd’s staff and rod? He’ll keep you from all thirsting, Save for the living God. Will you fear no path He showeth, But in the desert sing, That others may be longing To find your precious spring?

Will you glorify the Master, By keeping at His side, By walking and not fainting, By being satisfied? Till He take us to the kingdom Where there never can be drought, For “the Lamb leads by the waters,” And the flock “go no more out.”

— The Parish Visitor.