Made for Immortality by Mrs. H. F. Richey

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 28, 1863

Made for Immortality.

By Mrs. H. F. Richey

It cannot be that earth is man's only abiding place. It cannot be our life is a bubble, cast off by the ocean of eternity, to float a moment upon its waves, and then sink into darkness and nothingness. Else why is it that the high and glorious aspirations which leap like angels from the temple of our hearts, are ever wandering abroad unsatisfied? Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud come over us with a beauty that is not of earth, and then pass off, and leave us to muse on their faded loveliness? Why is it that stars, which hold their festivals around the midnight throne, are set above the grasp of our limited faculties, forever mocking us with their unapproachable glory? And why is it that bright forms of human beauty are presented to our view and then taken from us, leaving the thousand currents of our affections to flow back in an Alpine torrent upon our hearts? We are born for a far higher destiny than that of earth. There is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the stars will be spread out before us, like islands that slumber on the ocean, and where the beings which here pass before us like visions, will stay in our presence forever.

Mrs. H. F. Richey.

Eckford, Mich.