The Vale of Baca by Edith Starbuck

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 15, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 32.

The Vale of Baca

By Edith Starbuck

Bowed down beneath his load of guilt, Man saw his home, once fair, All marred by evil's blighting touch, And filled with grief and care. A desert drear the earth was spread, Till Christ our Lord was slain, And left a well in Baca's vale, And filled the pools with rain.

And ever, since His grace appeared, Where'er His children be, He bids them, 'midst the stress of life, "Bear witness here for Me." How blest are they who trust in God, And make His strength their stay; Who leave a well in Baca's vale, To cheer the desert way!