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Our Joy and Hope

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 10, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 25, No. 7.

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Our Joy and Hope.

By D. H. Lamson

Our joys are real but yet unknown To other hearts unchanged by love, And hope still points us to the throne Fixed in the glorious arch above.
'Tis not on health our joys depend, Nor yet on wealth which some possess, Nor smile, nor frown of earthly friend That yields to us true happiness.
Ah, no! in sorrows, trials, grief, Or pain that racks this earthy frame All these must fail, nor bring relief To mind, or heart, or creature pain.
True joy we have in knowing this, That Jesus' love, and God's kind care, Will in that coming world of bliss, A glorious lasting home prepare.
Oh sin is not, and pain has past In that blest land for which we sigh, And Jesus' gentle hand at last, Wipes the sad tear-drop from each eye.
Our hope is in Thee, let it rest. Desire is to Thee: keep it there. O may we lean upon Thy breast And in Thy glory have a share. D. H. LAMSON.
Olivet, Mich.