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The Christian's Course

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 29, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 33.

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The Christian's Course.

By Eliza H. Morton

A season brief of love and song, A battle fierce 'gainst sin and wrong, A cup of pain! A draught of woe! A cross to bear where'er we go, A foretaste sweet of joy divine, And lo! we reach the hidden line; A shudder long! A silence deep! A funeral train! A quiet sleep! And life is o'er, We know no more.
A season brief of rest below, A little night of naught to know, A grassy mound! A lowly bed! Wild winds above! Around the dead! A trumpet sound! A song afar! And lo! the graves burst all ajar, A shudder long! A glad surprise! A shining band,—the pure and wise. And death is o'er, To come no more.
A season long of peace and rest, An endless day among the blest, A cup of joy! A draught of love! A crown to wear! A home above! A blessing full! A robe of white, And lo! the world is filled with light. A glory fresh! A heart all pure! A beauty rare! A country sure! And sin all o'er, To harm no more.
Eliza H. Morton.