THE KING'S MESSENGERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 9, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 35.

THE KING'S MESSENGERS.

WHEN a king would send a message, How fast the carriers ride, Through darksome wood, through torrent, Whether good or ill betide; No pleasures can entice them, No lurement in love's wiles; On, swiftly on, by day, by night, On, on, for weary miles.

If a messenger should tarry, Should a servant idly wait For fear, or love, or pleasure, Outside the palace gate, If the king upon the feast day Should miss a well-loved one, How think you would he fare Who should have bid him come?

King's messengers must hasten; King's servants must be wise; Then loiter not, nor dally, When He bids you arise, For men grow weary waiting For servants who should bring Their burdened, famished, longing souls, A message from the King. —Selected.