THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY by Eliza H. Morton

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 31, 1878

“THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.”

By Eliza H. Morton

Our eyes now look on beauty All soiled by curse and sin; We see as through a vista A light all faint and dim.

The face of earth around us Is clothed with verdure green; But rills, and vales, and mountains, All through a glass are seen.

But soon our eyes will see them In beauty dressed for aye, And clothed with living glory That will not fade away.

The sky will soon be opened Before our eager gaze; The veil will be uplifted, And cleared the tangled maze.

The dark and thorny pathway Will glow with dazzling light; The road that leads “up higher” Will burst upon our sight.

God’s ways will then be fathomed, His purpose all be known; The seed will yield rich harvest In weakness that was sown.

No more a “glass all darkly” Will hide the radiant throng; No more the gates eternal Shut in the angel’s song;

But face to face we’ll see them, And hand in hand we’ll stand, With all the loved of ages In “Canaan’s happy land.”

ELIZA H. MORTON.