p. 7 | CROSS BEARING by Geo. E. Pooler

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 17, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 16.

CROSS BEARING.

By Geo. E. Pooler

To BEAR Christ's cross, Is only gain and never loss; A burden sweet which bears me up, And sweetens oft the bitter cup; If burden 'tis—tho just in word, As wings are to a flying bird, Or spreading sails to speeding ship, Tho rising gales may lash and whip, That wings me to my harbor sure, Safe and secure.

Christ's cross to bear— But lifts the load and lightens care; He only, who with yielding will Takes up His cross, hears, "Peace, be still;" To him, who bears the cross from choice, Is heard in love, the "still, small voice," Which guides and speaks while tempters flit, "This is the way, walk ye in it;" And thus is gained, tho seen afar, The harbor bar.

The cross of Christ, A precious load, hath oft sufficed To goad me on with increased zeal, To bear the load which others feel; Then freed from transitory things, The soul mounts up on joyful wings, And soars aloft with sails of light, And views with joy the harbor bright; Thus gained the strand with fav'ring gale Within the veil.

Salt Lake City, Utah. GEO. E. POOLER.