HEREIN IS LOVE

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 24, 1879

WE looked for Him oft in the whirlwind, In the fire and the tempest's shock; But found him at last in the silent voice, And hid in the cleft of the rock.

The nearer we've dwelt to the Father, The stronger our love has grown; The more we have sought to obey him, The clearer the light has shone.

He bids us beware of the tempter, Of selfishness, anger, and strife; Of the love of the world and its pleasures, And of the vanities of life.

And this is the proof that we love him; If with joy we keep his commands, And walk in the way he has ordered, Having pure hearts and clean hands.

We have, as a proof that he loves us, His commands to keep and fulfill; For with duties, and trials, and crosses, Comes the strength to do all his will.

Of every thing useless he prunes us, And casts every branch aside That beareth not fruit to the glory Of him who was crucified.

If Jesus has taught us submission By the things he suffered while here, Then let us go on in his footsteps, With the love that casteth out fear.

Our trials, and conflicts, and losses, His love, strength, and grace to reveal; For while we pass under the rod, we know Our Father's hand wounds but to heal.