TESTS by Eliza H. Morton

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 4, 1894

TESTS.

By Eliza H. Morton

BY ELIZA H. MORTON.

“Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Gal. 6:1.

WE read of trials fierce that came To men of old; We read of tests that separate The dross from gold.

We see our brethren tremble oft, Perchance, and fall; We see them drink the bitter cup,— Wormwood and gall.

But do we think that soon to us A day may dawn— A day of clouds, when we may wish, We'd ne'er been born?

Ah, we shall need a kindly word, A helping hand, When all around is chaos dark And sinking sand!

Then let us pause, and note, and weigh A brother's sin, Excusing not, but thinking what We might have been.