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GLEANING AND RESTING

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 18, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 12.

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GLEANING AND RESTING.

“Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou?” Ruth 2:19.
WHERE hast thou gleaned to-day, Where found thy task, And what reward is thine? Thus will God ask.
Where hast thou gleaned to-day, Where wroughtest thou? What bringest thou in sheaves To garner now?
In every path of life My knee I bow; And I glean truth from all. Thus answer thou:
I sorrow that I bring So little fruit, Among the reapers oft My tongue was mute,
Because I dared not ask For what I sought, Lest I should offer Thee What cost me naught.
No garland rare have I, Nor branch nor leaf; I bring Thy truth alone— My only sheaf.
Well done, my faithful child! Thus will God say. Then sing its “Harvest Home” Thy glad soul may;
For earthly work is done, Night comes at last. When God says “Welcome thou,” Thy toil is past.
Thy day of gleaning o’er— How soon it sped! Thy evening hours are come; Seek thou thy bed.
Christ reaches down his hand, All doubt is fled; On that all-tender hand Rest thou thy head,
What glorious change! From night To endless day! Gleaner, in “Heavenly Home” Rest thou alway.
—Sel.