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GLEANING AND RESTING

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 20, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 16.

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GLEANING AND RESTING.

"Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou?" Ruth 2:19.
WHERE hast thou gleaned to-day? where found thy task? And what reward is thine? thus will God ask.
Where hast thou gleaned to-day? where wroughtest thou? What bringest thou in sheaves to garner now?
In every path of life my knee I bow; And I glean truth from all; thus answer thou.
I sorrow that I bring so little fruit; Among the reapers oft my tongue was mute, Because I dared not ask for what I sought, Lest I should offer thee what cost me naught.
No garland rare have I, nor branch nor leaf; I bring thy truth alone—my only sheaf.
Well done, my faithful child, thus will God say; Then sing its "Harvest Home" thy glad soul may
For earthly work is done; night comes at last; When God says, "Welcome thou," thy toil is past.
Thy day of gleaning o'er—how soon it sped! Thy evening hours are come; seek thou thy bed.
Christ reaches down his hand; all doubt is fled; On that all-tender hand rest thou thy head.
What glorious change, from night to endless day! Gleaner, in "Heavenly Home" rest thou alway. —Selected.