p. 6 | The Abider by Llewellyn A. Morrison

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 15, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 40.

The Abider

By Llewellyn A. Morrison

O, the sweetness And completeness Of the life the Spirit giveth Unto each one who believeth In the Christ, Toward whom He every heart constraineth; He allureth me before Him, To adore Him In the whiteness And the brightness Of the high and holy heaven, where He reigneth.

There is union And communion In His pureness, that impelleth Each true mind, wherein He dwelleth, Into harmony with forces that refine; So I gather in His guiding And providing, Faith's foundation For salvation, Love and hope supremely glorious and divine.

Teacher, Trainer, And Sustainer, He—my spirit's great Campaigner— Maketh me a boundless gainer By the prudence, grace, and favor He bestows. Every good desire He heedeth, And so leadeth, As a lover Watching over, That I live in love's felicitous repose.

He resideth And abideth In my soul. So joy increaseth; Each unholy craving ceaseth; He with me and I by Him work out His will,— Prayer unceasing, conscience tender, That doth render To another, Foe or brother, That which doth love's living law fulfil.

Holy Spirit, Thine the merit Of the knowledge of redemption And each spiritual exemption; Of the wisdom, light, and purity we laud. In Thy leading and protection, Our perfection Is the dower Of Thy power. Thou wilt yet present us faultless before God.