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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 2, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 9.

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SATISFIED

“O Jesu, Freund der Seelen!”
O Jesus! Friend unfailing, How dear art thou to me! And, cares or fears assailing, I find my strength in thee! Why should my feet grow weary Of this, my pilgrim way? Rough though the path and dreary, It ends in perfect day.
Naught, naught I count as treasure, Compared, O Christ, with thee; Thy sorrow without measure Earned peace and joy for me. I love to own, Lord Jesus, Thy claims o’er me and mine; Bought with thy blood most precious Whose can I be but thine?
What fills my soul with gladness? ’Tis thy abounding grace; Where can I look in sadness But, Jesus, on thy face? My all is thy providing, Thy love can ne’er grow cold; In thee, my refuge, hiding, No good wilt thou withhold.
Why should I droop in sorrow? Thou’rt ever by my side; Why, trembling, dread the morrow? What ill can e’er betide? If I my cross have taken, ’Tis but to follow thee; If scorned, despised, forsaken, Naught severs thee from me.
O worldly pomp and glory! Your charms are spread in vain; I’ve heard a sweeter story, I’ve found a truer gain. Where Christ a place prepareth, There is my loved abode; There shall I gaze on Jesus, There shall I dwell with God.
For every tribulation, For every sore distress, In Christ I’ve full salvation, Sure help and quiet rest. No fear of foes prevailing, I triumph, Lord, in thee; O Jesus, Friend unfailing! How dear art thou to me!
—Sel.