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A LITTLE LONGER,

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 16, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 17.

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A LITTLE LONGER,

Yet a little longer labor, Toil, for day is not yet done; For the rest that you are longing, You must wait till set of sun.
Yet a little longer labor, Sow the seed in many a field; Somewhere still a golden harvest, Waits its ripening grain to yield.
Yet a little longer labor, Stay with patience at the gate; Angels will undo the portal If you labor while you wait.
Yet a little longer labor; You must take of grief your share; Yet your Father will not give you Greater than your strength can bear.
Yet a little longer labor Through the mist of by-gone years, For, the happy moments gathered, All too short the time appears.
Yet a little longer labor; Day by day and year by year, Nearer, by our heart’s devotions, Will the golden gates appear.
Nearer, by our prayers, the praises; Nearer, by our songs, the sun; If we falter while we say them, Something will be left undone.
Yet a little—and the longest Day of all our life is done; The long journey is accomplished, And Heaven’s glory is begun! —Selected.