p. 9 | LOVE'S CONQUEST by James Allen

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 7, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 23.

LOVE'S CONQUEST.

By James Allen

[By James Allen, in the Herald of the Golden Age.]

I stood upon the shore, and saw the rocks Resist the onslaught of the mighty sea, And when I thought how all the countless shocks They had withstood through an eternity, I said, "To wear away this solid main The ceaseless efforts of the waves are vain." But when I thought how they the rocks had rent, And saw the sand and shingles at my feet (Poor passive remnants of resistance spent), Tumbled and tossed where they the waters meet, Then saw I ancient landmarks 'neath the waves, And knew the waters held the stones their slaves.

I saw the mighty work the waters wrought By patient softness and unceasing flow; How they the proudest promontory brought Unto their feet, and massy hills laid low; How the soft drops the adamantine wall Conquered at last, and brought it to its fall. And then I knew that hard-resisting sin Should yield at last to Love's soft ceaseless roll Coming and going, ever flowing in Upon the proud rocks of the human soul; That all resistance should be spent and past, And hardest hearts yield unto it at last.