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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 22, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 19, No. 21.

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HERE AND THERE.

By L. M. Gates

In our probation state we mourn, By sin and sorrow tried; On earth as strangers we sojourn, Where scoffers bold deride. A sad, yet hopeful pilgrim band, We're seeking for a better land.
A land beyond the swelling tide Of sorrows, grief and sin, Whose pearly portals open wide To let the ransomed in. The river and tree of life are there, And fruit and flowers divinely fair.
Here things are not what they appear; E'en joy is mixed with grief; Here hope is tinged with doubt and fear, And faith with unbelief, And death, without regard of worth, Severs the dearest ties of earth.
But there immortal, we shall see Unvailed the Father's face, While Jesus' lovely majesty, Shall beautify the place. Then with the heavenly choir we'll sing, Salvation to our glorious King. L. M. GATES.
Trenton, Wis.