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The Gates of Pearl

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 14, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 50.

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The Gates of Pearl

By L. D. Santee

L. D. SANTEE
FAR from the world of sin and care, Unseen by mortal eye, There stands a city passing fair, Gleaming in yon bright sky. There, where the tear-drops never fall, Love’s banners bright unfurl, And set within the jasper wall, Are wondrous gates of pearl.
They’ll swing full wide in welcoming, Obeying God’s behest, And the redeemed shall enter in, Their glorious home of rest.
No gloomy clouds, enwreathed with storm, Their darts shall ever hurl, But radiant are the skies of morn, Behind the gates of pearl.
City of light, thou land of love, Garden of fadeless flowers, Soon shall the ransomed dwell above, In heaven’s radiant bowers.
The stormy voyage o’er at last, Each straining sail they furl; ’Tis God, and heaven, and home at last Beyond the gates of pearl.