So Saith the Word by Llewellyn A. Morrison

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Jul 16, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 27.

So Saith the Word

By Llewellyn A. Morrison

"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

O, for a vision of love Truly revealing the Word! O, for the Man from above, Jesus, the Saviour and Lord! Teaching, we get what we give; Nothing comes in from afar. Just in the manner we live, So we become what we are.

We may be knaves if we will, Hate or be false, if we can, Walk in the bitterness still, Shaping our lives to our plan. Yet, as we sow we shall reap — True to the seed is the grain; Greater the harvest shall sweep, Sown for the loss and the gain.

"Give and forgive" is God's way — Simple the measure, and clear; Kindness hath definite sway; Motives by actions appear, Actions are habits at length, Molding the words and the deeds, Cordons of absolute strength Grown from the tiniest seeds.

Destiny tarries at last, Bears us afar to our place, Out of the storm and the blast, Out of the reach of the grace, Into the prison of Hate, Into the doom of Despair, Into the splendors that wait — Garnered with infinite care.

Over it all is the Christ Saving the sinners that call. Fully His love hath sufficed In a redemption for all, Healing the hearts that are wrong, Changing the sowing for ay, Turning the sorrow to song, Dawning the darkness with day.

Filling the future with light, Lifting the burden of years, Sealing the secret of sight, Moving the soul for the tears, Cleansing the seed as it falls Free from the hand to the sod Where the Christ-virtue enthralls, White with the glory of God.

San Francisco, California.