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LIFE'S PILGRIMAGE

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

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 18.

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LIFE'S PILGRIMAGE.

By Eliza H. Morton

In dim, uncertain, winding ways Our feet are oftimes led; On husks and food that gives no strength Our souls are oftimes fed. The wild, unceasing din of earth Disturbs the inner calm; The wormwood and the gall pollute The honey and the balm.
The darkness and the gloom are felt, The weariness and pain; And thirsty souls long for the fall Of promised “latter rain.” This mortal life is not all joy, The perfect is to come, When saints behold with beaming eyes Their long-sought “harvest home.”
The day of sunshine soon will dawn— Bright day that knows no night; Earth’s shadows all will vanish, fade, Before the glory-light. Oh, look away beyond earth’s mists, Beyond this life of care, And view by faith the “summer land,” The golden city fair!
ELIZA H. MORTON.
Battle Creek, Mich.