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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 19, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 25.

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THANKS FOR REASON.

By O. Foster

[The following lines were suggested by an anecdote of a lunatic, who, escaping the asylum in London, would stop every one he met with—"Have you thanked God for your reason?" and then without waiting for a reply he would say, "Then do so quickly, for I have lost mine."]
O God! while yet ’tis season, Grant me, I pray, To thank thee for my reason, While yet I may; While yet upon her throne My reason stays, Repenting, let me mourn My erring ways.
I’ve wandered far from thee— Far from the way That all must go who’d see Eternal day: Yet while ’tis not too late, Hear thou my prayer: O Heavenly Father great, Leave reason there!
Leave reason yet a while, Help me repent; I know my heart is vile— To evil bent; From sin I cannot flee. Turn where I may, My heart I cannot free From error’s sway.
Then, Father, let me seek The promise given By Christ our Saviour meek, The way to Heaven; Then let me end my days In songs to thee, And all thy goodness praise Eternally.
O. Foster. Lakeview, Mich.