HEREAFTER

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 21, 1878

“What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.” John 13:7.

CHRISTIAN, when the storm-clouds gather Dark and wild upon thy way, And thy faithless heart is longing For the glorious light of day, Though thou canst not pierce the shadows That around thy footsteps lie, If in faith thou journey forward They will vanish by and by.

Though the bitter cup of sorrow To thy lips be often pressed, Yet, as each succeeding morrow Brings thee nearer to thy rest, Though thou may not see the fountain Whence the streams of Marah flow, Never let thy courage fail thee; For “thou shalt hereafter know.”

If thy curious mind would fathom That which God alone may know, If thy troubled heart would query Why the ways of God are so, Why the losses and the crosses Which around thy pathway lie, Be content to meekly bear them In the hope, that, by and by,

When shall dawn the glorious morning Of the bright eternal day, When the mist and cloud and darkness That enwrap thee, pass away, Thou shalt see the perfect beauty Of the place of life and love, And its fullness emanating From the Father's throne above;

See and know the glad fruition From the labors and the tears Spent within the Master's vineyard Through the weary lapse of years. Then press on the path of duty, Though thou may not see below Why uncertainties surround thee, Yet “thou shalt hereafter know.” —Sel.