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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 31, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 18.

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All Things New.

By S. Elmer

O WONDROUS change! No finite mind This mighty truth can ever scan, Or comprehend infinity: 'Tis far beyond the reach of man.
Yet while we tread life's thorny vale, As here the effects of sin we view, Still let these thoughts our spirits cheer, That all will soon be formed anew.
From Afric's waste of burning sands, To Greenland's cold and icy zone, O'er Alpine hills so far away, Where vegetation ne'er hath grown,
The frightful chasm, the dark abyss, The rugged cliff, the lonely glen, Each spot however much defaced, Where'er the withering curse hath been,
The avalanche, the burning mount, The marshy ground, the putrid sea— O'er the whole earth, both far and near, A glorious paradise shall be.
Yes "all things new!" no chilling winds, Or breath of pestilential air, No sickness, sorrow, pain, or death, Can ever reach a world so fair.
No pois'nous reptile there will be, No rav'nous beast the forest roam, Nothing shall harm, or aught destroy, In heaven, our everlasting home.
Earth's ransomed millions then will be Obedient to their sovereign King; From land to land, from sea to sea, His universal praises sing. S. ElMER. Ashfield, Mass.