THE GREATEST GIFT by Elizabeth Jewett Brown

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 4, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 40.

THE GREATEST GIFT.

By Elizabeth Jewett Brown

An angel came to me one day, and said: "Choose, and thou must, what thou would'st have, instead Of things now granted; if thy choice shouldst be, What wouldst thou have for all eternity?"

Prone fell I on my face in greatest fear.

The angel raised me with a gentle hand. "Long have I known the struggles of thy soul, What thou hast longed for, and I understand."

Thus couraged by his voice, I humbly said: "'Tis not for riches nor for power I crave; Nor worldly fame nor social prestige great; All these must end;—are no more at the grave. But this I ask and crave for, O my king; It is the power which rules the worlds above, And compasseth all else." "I know and grant it," Soft the angel said. "The greatest Gift, 'tis love." —Elizabeth Jewett Brown.