CALL ME NOT BACK | AdventAI

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 21, 1858

CALL ME NOT BACK.

SPEAK not to me of honors now : Speak not of things so vain— I've parted with them all, nor would I take them back again. They all are gone—though once so dear, How worthless now to me! Since soon in judgment to appear, My God, I turn to thee.

Speak not to me of fortune now; Speak not to me of fame— I ask no laurels on my brow, No earthly, empty name; The shame alone I now would bear Of him who died for me; That when again He shall appear I may remember'd be.

Speak not to me of those who loved Me when in folly's maze; Nor of the hours of sinful mirth, We spent in other days: We've parted since—a long farewell I've taken of them all; Then hail me not—in vain t'will be; I cannot heed the call.

O, tell me of that brighter shore; That promised, better land; Where they who meet will part no more, A happy, shining band. But tell me not of earthly toys, So fleeting, and so vain; I've parted with them all, nor can I take them back again. [Sel.