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THE TIME TO DO GOOD

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 2, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 27.

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THE TIME TO DO GOOD.

By John McCarthy

JOHN MCCARTHY.
Our lives are as the shadow Which must vanish soon away. As the floweret, so fragrant, Which enchants our hearts to-day, But which must an early victim Fall to bitter winds, and frost; So, too, shall we, and quickly, From life's path fore'er be lost.
How oft we mourn, and sadly, The loss of friends so dear. When dead, we from our memories Their many faults would tear. We try to think of something good That they in life have done; We even on their tomb may place A cold memorial stone.
'Tis better far our kindly acts We toward the living show; Let us upon mankind—in life— Our loving deeds bestow; Then even though we pass away From earth's turmoil and strife, Others will bless our memory For what we've done in life.