BESIDE ALL WATERS

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1877

BESIDE ALL WATERS.

To sow beside all waters—everywhere, On every hand to throw the yellow grain, To trust and wait, in faith and earnest prayer, That the good seed shall rise and live again.

Thus sow the seed, not with a trembling hand, And shrink not back to sigh and long for rest; Though with the reapers we may never stand, Yet God hath said our labors shall be blessed.

Do good to all men in this busy world, This strange, sad world of trouble and of strife; So shall we daily follow in the steps, The blessed steps of Christ’s most holy life.

If ye have heard our Savior’s pleading call, And in the shadow of his cross have trod, By the dear hope that strengthened you through all, Go comfort ye my people, saith your God.

As our dear Lord looks now on you and me, With that true love so steadfast and so sure, So let us follow him, where’er it be, As he hath loved us, let us love his poor.

Yes, look on all with tender, loving eyes; To do his work is very, very sweet; To work all day, where’er our pathway lies, To come at night and sit down at his feet.

So, helping others, shall our way grow plain; So Heaven’s sweet light upon our paths shall fall; So at the last shall his sweet welcome words— “Well done, thou faithful servant,” come to all.