SATISFIED by M. A. Davis

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 21, 1874

SATISFIED

By M. A. Davis

“I shall be satisfied when I awake in Thy likeness.”

“I shall be satisfied;” not where the shadows Are falling heavily along my way; Where bright hopes fade, and fondest ties are severed, And cherished idols turn to crumbling clay; But where the sun of joy is ever shining, Where all the loved and lost of earth will dwell, Where sweet harp-music on the ear is ringing, And angel voices the glad chorus swell. Gladly I turn from all I’ve loved beside; There I shall rest, and shall be satisfied.

Shall these be satisfied? the soul’s deep yearning, High aspirations, longings unexpressed, Like a tired bird, its upward course oft winging, Then sinking downward to its lowly nest? Yes; when our joyous flight with stronger pinion Shall be unfettered by these mortal fears, When we shall range through nature’s wide domain, And catch the far-off “music of the spheres,” Our soul-thirst quenched where living waters glide, Then, in His fullness, we’ll be satisfied.

“I shall be satisfied;” not while the conflict Must every day be waged with self and sin, Often defeated, and yet still pursuing, Fightings without, and doubts and fears within; But, when the warfare shall at last be ended, If I, through grace, shall with the victors be, My name within the book of life be written, And with his jewels Jesus calls for me, Though in the dust my moldering form shall hide, I shall come forth, and then be satisfied.

Yes, satisfied; not, not, indeed while darkly, As through a glass obscure, that land I see; Not now, while Jesus’ image is but faintly, Alas! how faintly, shadowed forth in me; But oh! when, all undimmed, its matchless beauty Shall burst upon my wondering, dazzled sight, When I awaken in his likeness holy, His spirit pure, and form of glory bright, Then evermore with him I shall abide, And in his presence shall be satisfied.

Battle Creek, Mich.

M. A. Davis.