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THE BETTER WORLD

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 9, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 4.

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THE BETTER WORLD.

By R. F. Cottrell

What has this dreary earth for me? That I should wish to stay; Its promises are false, I see, Oh! let me go away. From storms and sufferings here below, We never shall be free; Oh! when shall we depart, and go The better land to see?
There is a better world to come, By faith, we know ’tis sure; It is a most delightful home, And ever will endure. No storm shall rise, and no dark night Shall e’er obscure the day, Its pure, unutterable delight Will never pass away.
When we have joy, ’tis well to think Earth’s joys not long will stay; When we have grief, we need not sink; This too will pass away. Not so with joys laid up in store For those who overcome; Those joys will last forevermore, In that eternal home.
R. F. COTTRELL.