WAITING by Advocate and Guardian

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 26, 1882

WAITING.

By Advocate and Guardian

WAITING! Man is ever waiting For some fancied future good; Ever with himself debating How he'd grasp it if he could.

Through his childhood he is waiting For the halcyon days of youth; For the happy time of mating, And the plighting of his troth.

Through his youth he still is waiting For a fortune, or a name; Always in the future dating The fruition of his aim.

All through manhood he is waiting Something undefined to gain; Not a whit his hope abating, Though his labor be in vain.

Age is not exempt from waiting; It has proved what earth can yield, And it waits the final stating Of what has not been revealed.

Blest indeed! are those who, waiting, Lean upon the "One Strong Arm;" To the end anticipating Sure protection from all harm. —Advocate and Guardian.