p. 63 | Lovest Thou Me? by D. T. Taylor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 25, 1865

"Lovest Thou Me?"

By D. T. Taylor

O brothers and sisters growing old, Do you remember the time When your soul was strong and your heart was bold, And your love was in its prime?

When you scaled the mountain of God in prayer, And you carried the victor's palm; Till your praise rang out on the holy air, And your life was one sweet psalm.

When every vision of earth seemed fled, And grace did your being enthrall; And passion and pride and sin were dead, And the Saviour was all in all.

How the might of your loyal prayers prevailed Till the dark one strove in vain : And the King of Glory removed the vail, And our Eden appeared again !

You said you would no more the Spirit grieve, But keep the end in view; You said you would never the Saviour leave, And vowed to prove faithful and true.

Have you turned your back on the Crucified ? Have you flung His cross at your feet? Can you bear, with a heart all cold and dead, That searching eye to meet?

Come back to the loving Lord once more, Come home to His faithful arms; Thy cup of bliss shall again run o'er, And the world will lose its charms.

See! the golden doors on their hinges bright Roll back, and far within The angels wait, in their robes of light, And are bidding us enter in. —D. T. TAYLOR—in Voice of the West.