DUST ON THE BIBLE by C. P. A. W.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 27, 1870

DUST ON THE BIBLE.

By C. P. A. W.

[Bro. Smith: A neglected Bible in a dark corner of a “Christian” home gave me occasion to pen the following lines. I pray they may have a mission for good. C. P. A. W.]

Dust on the Bible! Brush it away; Too long has it lingered there. Open the lids with a gentle hand, And turn the leaves with care.

Dust on the record of matchless love! Our guide to eternal day; What a fearful loss to our daily lives— In mercy brush it away!

Think of the father, gone to his rest, Who read those pages o’er; The mother, with eyes so full of love, Who reads with thee no more.

If the seed they sowed in early spring Bear fruit in the autumn days, The light their household treasure gives Must shed on thy life its rays.

Then brush the dust from its sacred lids, And read with earnest care; Its priceless worth was never told; The way of life is there.