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JESUS AT THE WELL

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 11, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 22.

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JESUS AT THE WELL.

At burning noon, with weary frame, To “Jacob’s Well” Emanuel came; No kings, in state, their visits paid, Nor were the sick around him laid.
No works of might could there be done, No fame secured—no laurels won; No crowds were there to learn his will, And thus his highest joy fulfill.
But still, that hour he would not waste, For, lo, one hearer comes in haste! The precious truth he doth impart; Deeply his words affect her heart!
That well no more is in her mind, Her pitcher, too, is left behind! Swift hies she to the city’s walls, And thence, the men of Christ she calls!
Now flow they forth, with rank on rank, Where, erst, from Jacob’s Well they drank; But, there, to hear the Saviour speak, And, thence, the “living waters” seek.
Thus, from the teachings of that hour, Were many saved from Satan’s power, And all the world in some good measure Has been enriched from that same treasure!
No little duties, then, neglect— Though nothing thence the world expect, For richest mines are often found In sterile sands, or barren grounds!
—British Workman.