LIGHT by Eliza H. Morton

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 23, 1879

LIGHT

By Eliza H. Morton

Long years ago, a tiny star Arose, and shed its beams afar; It gleamed and shone and cast its light Down through earth’s vistas dark as night.

The human race, all vile and weak, That Day-star now can love and seek; And in the light walk evermore, For death and sin will soon be o’er.

Like drops of dew, like grains of sand, The light is sown o’er all the land; All nations hear the warning cry, The burden this: “The end is nigh,”

O mortal man! O can it be, That light is being sown for thee; And that thine eyes are turned away, And darkness takes the place of day?

An awful look of black despair The face of sinners soon will wear, When glory lightens up the sky, And Jesus leaves his home on high;

And with a flood of living light Appears with throngs of angels bright, To give his people crowns of gold, And peace, and joy, and wealth untold.

The darkness then will darker grow And end in everlasting woe; The light will shine and shine for aye, For then will dawn eternal day.

ELIZA H. MORTON, Allen’s Corner, Me.