TRIFLE NOT by E. W. Darling

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 11, 1862

TRIFLE NOT.

By E. W. Darling

Trifle not, O brother pilgrim, Speak no vain nor-idle word; Never once let foolish jesting, From a Christian's lips be heard.

Trifle not; for from the fullness Of the heart the mouth doth speak, And from clear and rock-bound fountains Never will foul waters break.

Trifle not, for danger thickens Round our path on every hand, Rather let our footsteps quicken, While we cross enchanted land.

Trifle not while earth in sadness, Warns us of the final hour; Nature, robed no more in gladness, Groans beneath the tempter's power.

Trifle not, while the great harvest Of your Father waiting stands, For each precious moment wasted, He'll require at your hands.

He that reaps receiveth wages, Gathering fruit to endless life; They'll have joy though ceaseless ages, Who are earnest in the strife. E. W. DARLING. Beaver, Minn.