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THE LORD'S CUP

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 8, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 19.

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THE LORD'S CUP.

The cup! what is that draught to drink? Even at the altar faith grows cold; And half our trembling spirits shrink That sweet and awful cup to hold.
The wine thereof is darkly red, And bitter with the myrrh of pain; To color it a Life hath bled; Ah! who is strong that cup to drain?
Love asks, and will not be denied, To taste the draught, whate'er it be; Love, clinging to Thy wounded side, Still yearns to share Thy cross with Thee.
From Calvary's heights the vision grasps A landscape fair with hues of Heaven: He who Thy burden freely clasps, What lightness to his soul is given!
We know not what we ask, yet dare Venture the spirit's holiest plea,— On earth Thy cup indeed to share, Ere the new wine we drink with thee.
—Christian Weekly.