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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 26, 1883

CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE.

By S. Dyer

"Forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Cor. 15 : 58.

Go when the skies are brightest, And smoothest is the road; Go where the fields are whitest, And gather sheaves for God. To cheerful toil inviting, O what a blest employ, When, all our powers exciting, God's service is our joy.

Go when the way is dreary, And fears the bosom thrill, When heart and steps grow weary, God guides and guards thee still. O dally not with seasons, The weakness nor the pain; Ask not the Saviour's reasons— Ye cannot toil in vain.

What though thy foes are strongest, And cruel be their rage, Thy day of conflict longest, And none thy wounds assuage; Though fainting now, and bleeding, Doubt not thy strength and shield; The Saviour still is leading, And all thy foes shall yield.

O blest, divine assurance! Our weary toil and tears But sweeten faith's endurance— A day of triumph nears, When Christ, his trophies bringing, Will call from pain and strife, And we, victorious singing, Receive the crown of life! —S. Dyer, in Examiner.