SOMETHING LACKING by J. E. Green

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 3, 1876

SOMETHING LACKING.

By J. E. Green

“I find something lacking, let me go where I will,” Were the words of a dear absent friend Who had shared in life’s pleasures and tasted its ill, And now she was nearing life’s end.

She had gone to the land of her youth, to enjoy Communion with old friends awhile; But earth’s sweetest pleasures, alas! will soon cloy, And cease our sore hearts to beguile.

We traverse this wide world all over in vain, Seeking for joys that endure; Our happiness here is soon followed by pain There is no earthly pleasure that’s pure.

But there is a joy that will never decay; A pleasure that never will fade; Our Redeemer once came, and he marked out the way; If we follow the footsteps he made,

They will lead to a land where pleasures are pure, And happiness be unalloyed. There will be nothing lacking, our joys will endure, As we bask in the smiles of our Lord.

J. E. GREEN.