WHO SHALL BE THERE? by E. E. Miles

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 5, 1875

WHO SHALL BE THERE?

By E. E. Miles

Who shall walk the golden pavements Of that city built on high, View with rapture Eden’s glories, Never seen by mortal eye? Who shall wear the crown of glory, Wave on high the victor’s palm? Who shall see the King in beauty, And unite in life’s sweet psalm?

Who shall walk by life’s cool river? Who shall meet the loved again, And, united, part, no, never— Never feel one throb of pain? Who shall be where sin and sorrow Are forever passed away, Where shall dawn no sad to-morrow, But shall reign an endless day?

Tell me, shall the proud and haughty, Shall the rich and vain be there? Can none without gold to offer, In that city have a share? Can no poor one, sad and weary, Who in anguish sighs for rest, Ever hope to reign immortal In that land so fair and blest?

Lo! the answer cometh to me, “Blessed are the pure in heart;” All good things the meek inherit, In Christ’s kingdom have a part. Poor and lowly, though the owner And despised by rich and great, They can claim far greater riches Than the proudest man’s estate.

—E. E. Miles, in World’s Crisis.