p. 297 | ALL OURS by F. A. Reynolds

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 12, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 19.

ALL OURS.

By F. A. Reynolds

BY F. A. REYNOLDS.

"The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, The world, and they that dwell therein." If the Lord is our Father, and we are his heirs, Why trouble ourselves o'er what others win?

"The earth is the Lord's." Its riches are ours. Our everyday needs are supplied by his hands. Then why use our powers in a chase after wealth, Mere possessions of money and houses and lands?

We prize not the blessings we have every day, Our food and our drink, pure air and good health, Forgetting how the loss of one may be felt. Remember, "Contentment is better than wealth."

Beyond what we need to nourish our life, Our Father has given us beauties most rare, A green velvet carpet of grass for our feet, A lovely blue dome and cloud pictures in air.

The ripple of rivers, the song of the birds, The delicate beauty and fragrance of flowers, The grandeur and grace of the noble old trees, The magnificent mountains and valleys are ours.

But better than all is the knowledge we have That Christ is our brother and Saviour from sin. "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, The world, and they that dwell therein."