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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Apr 25, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 17.

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Saving Knowledge

By Delwin Rees Buckner

By Delwin Rees Buckner
O, TELL me if that man is truly wise Who has been skilled in every useful art, Yet lacks the secret of a happy heart; Whose eyes have viewed the scenes that mortals prize, Yet never yearn for nightless heaven's skies; Whose feet have left their prints in every mart Of any size, but have not made a start As yet upon the road to Paradise. The hungry grave yawns ever at his feet, And muffled bells are tolling in his ears. O, is it wisdom in him to delay? The pleasures of the world, tho seeming sweet, Endure but only for a few fleet years, And then comes death to bear them all away.
Cristobal, Canal Zone, Rep. de Panama.