Weave in the Sunlight

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 2, 1864

Weave in the Sunlight.

WEAVE in the sunlight, let its bright beams impart, Its loveliest rays to thy innermost heart, Let it add to thy joys, inspire to new life, With feelings of rapture unclouded by strife.

Weave in the sunlight wherever you be, May its radiance discover new glories to thee: Morn, noon and night may its beams ever shed, A halo of light on the path thou shalt tread.

Weave in the sunlight, let every day, But add to thy memory some kindlier ray— While the shuttle so briskly is borne to and fro, Be true to thy loom—for all weave as they go.

Weave in the sunlight, nor forget there are those, Who around you are weaving, your friends and your foes— Show to them by the colors you mingle in one: You are weaving the lights of God's beautiful sun.

Weave in the sunlight, you'll not labor in vain: Though the thread of thy mission may sever in twain, Repair to thy shuttle with a heart and a will: Like the sun in the heavens thy destiny fill.

Weave in the sunlight, by thy act and thy word; Exhibit the power which thy motives has stirred; No matter wherever thy lot may be cast— Remember thy loom, and be true to the last.

Weave in the sunlight, its brightness disclose; Never heed what others may think or suppose— So long as thy Maker approves of thy plan, Let thy words and thy deeds attest thee a man.

Weave in the sunlight, nor forget that the scroll, You are weaving, must sooner or later unroll; The bright spots, the dark spots, you cannot efface, May they tell not for ill, but for good to thy race.