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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 12, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 15.

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PATIENT WAITING.

Courage, O soul! In meekness wait, Narrow the way, straight be the gate; Press on! For is there not reward To him who waiteth on the Lord?
What blesses every cup of care? Sweet patience bravely to endure. What charms the woe of careless pain? The patient valor to sustain.
Wouldst thou go work the Master's field? Do earth-built bars refuse to yield? Patience! Unto thy God is known When the whole world is open thrown.
Do foes assail with treacherous lies? Does thy heart-anguish pierce the skies? Patience! Behold thy bitter tears Are bottled by the God who hears.
Oh! art thou weary fighting through? Is victory far off to view? Do heart and tongue make sad complaint? Are faith and hope so weak and faint?
In dust and ashes art thou bowed? Is there no rainbow in the cloud? Does the unreal real seem? Is life a sob, a sigh, a dream?
Patience, O soul! Look upward higher; Who bears thee on shall never tire; To patient waiting shall be given Full entrance through the gates of Heaven.
—Illustrated Christian Weekly.