ETERNAL LIFE by E. W. Darling

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 8, 1861

ETERNAL LIFE.

By E. W. Darling

ETERNAL life! O, glorious theme! Eternal life! to me so dear; There's nothing on this earth I deem Can with that priceless boon compare.

Eternal life! ah, who can know The fullness of that blessed state? Nor words, nor height, nor depth, can show The ceaseless joys that round it wait.

Eternal life! who could not bear All things that cross our path below, If such rewards we may but share When from these earthly toils we go?

Eternal life! inspiring thought! When rugged scenes before us rise, When into sadness we are brought, It bids us view the glorious prize.

Eternal life! I ask no more. Let life's uneven tide roll on. Let me but reach that heavenly shore, Where fears of death can never come.

E. W. DARLING.

Wawkon, Iowa.