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The Unlearned Lesson

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 18, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 3.

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The Unlearned Lesson

By Edith Starbuck

By EDITH STARBUCK
The Unlearned Lesson
The Unlearned Lesson
ON high, in the blue of heaven, Shedding its warmth and light, The sun in its path discloses The tale of the Saviour's might. Written on every flower Is the beauty of Christ above; And shed in each gentle shower, The knowledge of Jesus' love.
When night spreads abroad her curtains, In jewels of light appears The story of earth's creation, Traced out by the rolling spheres, In gold and crimson and purple, In far-flung streamer and bar, The glory of earth's Redeemer, Proclaimed by each brilliant star.
With every seedtime and harvest Doth the myst'ry anew unfold, That from one tiny grain is garnered Such wealth of kernels of gold; But man will accept as of custom This miracle ever new, Nor render to his Creator The gratitude that is due.
As children, thumbing the pages Of some great volume fair, Gazing perhaps at the pictures, But missing the meaning rare, So we to God's book of nature Too often give little heed, Turning its pages idly. Alas that we cannot read!