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The Home Circle

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Dec 11, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 47.

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The Home Circle.

By Eleanor Kirk

HIS JEWELS.

WHEN the Lord makes up his jewels, Choosing gems of every hue, Pearls and diamonds, rubies, sapphires, Showing flawless through and through, Could I be the least among them, Smallest gem that love could see, And his eye detect the brightness, That would be enough for me.
Precious stones are cut and polished By the lapidary's skill; Cruel knife and rasping friction Work on each the master's will, Not until the sparkling facets With an equal lustre glow, Does the artist choose a setting For the gem perfected so.
Thus I wait the royal pleasure, And, when trouble comes to me, Smile, to think he may be working On the gem, though small it be. All I ask is strength to bear it, Faith and patience to be still, Held by him, no knife can slay me; Loving him, no anguish kill. —By Eleanor Kirk.