The Healing Fountain by A. G. C.

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 3, 1875

The Healing Fountain.

By A. G. C.

"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4 : 14.

I SOUGHT for a healing fountain, Such as the ancients knew; Where the water gushed forth pure and free, And bright as the morning dew.

I was sick with sin and sorrow, And blind with the dust of years; My heart was crusted o'er with doubt, And filled with unspoken fears.

Where were the flowing waters— The Siloam, the Bethsaida? Were they but myths from a dreamer's pen— Or a treasure hid for ages?

Alas, for the weary seeker, For the hidden wells are deep! And the curb is overgrown with weeds Where poisonous vapors sleep.

Still I sought—and the weeds are scattered, The "enchanted" sleep is o'er, And the spring of truth is opened wide— I may drink and thirst no more.

Yes, I feel that a well of water Is springing up within; And I will not wander sick or blind With the lotus-leaves of sin. A. G. C.