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Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 51.

THE HEATHEN WORLD

Review and Herald

Dec 19, 1912

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 19, 1912

THE HEATHEN WORLD

By Bishop Foster

Bishop Foster
PAINT a starless sky; hang your picture with night; drape the mountains with long, far-reaching vistas of darkness; hang the curtains deep along every shore and landscape; darken all the past; let the future be draped in deeper and yet deeper night; fill the awful gloom with hungry, sad-faced men and sorrow-driven women and children,—it is the heathen world, the people, seen in vision by the prophet, who sit in the region and shadow of death, to whom no light has come; sitting there still through the long, long night, waiting and watching for the morning.— Selected.

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Features in This Number

By Editor

Frontispiece: Photograph of Senate Report on Sunday Mails, printed upon silk, and displayed in office of Postmaster-General.
Atrocities in Peru—Shall the United States help to support papal missions there?
Latest Religious Liberty Move From All Countries.
Inside Facts Concerning the Recent Convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. Report by the Editor.
Putting the Church Over the State—How Rome rules in Colombia.
God's Example of Religious Liberty
Are Catholic Voters Instructed?—Photographic proofs.
Rome's Victory Over the Prohibition Party
Religious Liberty in China
Absurdity of Proposed California Sunday Law
The Sunday Closing of Post-Offices
Divine Prophecy and Human History

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Who ?

By Pearl Waggoner

PEARL WAGGONER
Who can make trouble when He giveth quiet? Who can bring tumult when he giveth calm? How can the thoughts run in mad, anxious riot When into the mind he is pouring sweet balm?
Who from his love can e'er part us asunder? Who can be lonely who knows this is so.? Who can have reason to worry and wonder Who knoweth a Guide telling which way to go?
Ah, there's a peace beyond all understanding,— Peace for each mind that is stayed upon him; Peace far beyond the world's beck or commanding, Peace that no cares can destroy or make dim.
Hinsdale, Ill.

God's Means for Diffusing Light

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear; forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
I feel a deep interest in those who profess to be the children of God, that they may be the light of the world. If they respond to the requirements of God, there will be need of much greater watchfulness, much more untiring diligence. The responsibility of representing Christ to the world does not rest alone upon those who are ordained as ministers of the gospel. Each member of the church should be a living epistle, known and read of all men. A working church will be a living church. Those who are elected as elders and deacons should ever be on the alert that plans may be made and executed which will give every member of the church a share in active work for the salvation of souls. This is the only way in which the church can be preserved in a healthy, thriving condition.
How earnestly we should search the Word of God; for it is our only safe guide, our only safeguard. The gospel of God is able to make us wise unto salvation. It is not incomprehensible, and placed above us; but its plain, inspired utterances can simplify the perplexing problems of this life, and enlighten each single-hearted believer with the bright beams of heavenly wisdom. As so great a reward attends the earnest searching of the Word of God, should we not with more painstaking effort seek to enter into God’s plans, and strive to fulfil his designs in diffusing the light of truth? Paul writes to Timothy: “Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” This is God’s plan for diffusing light. Those who are called to preach the gospel are not simply to be preachers, but they are to be teachers, to be educators. They are to look deeper than the surface, they are to realize the responsibility that rests upon them as instruments through which God would accomplish his great designs in the salvation of the lost. The servants of God have a most solemn work to do, and they should seek to comprehend the conditions upon which they are accepted to serve a crucified Redeemer.
We are nearing the close of this world’s history, and it is essential that every laborer in the cause of God should closely examine his heart, and strive to understand the importance of the work to which he is called. The servant of God should ever seek for higher and higher attainments, both intellectual and moral. The laborers together with God may occupy positions of influence, if God is their dependence and support. They can not afford to be indolent, for the result will be manifest in the defects and deformity of their character, and they will leave the baleful stamp of their deficient character upon those with whom they associate. God has made it possible for his children to grow to the full stature of men and women in Christ; none need be dwarfed.
If the minister is growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus, he will be able to devise plans for the advancement of the work of God, and will bring every member of the church into that place of responsibility for which he is best fitted. Young men and women should be educated for service in the cause of God. The Lord chooses the young because they are strong in body and vigorous in mind; and if the youth are rightly instructed, they will be earnest workers for the Master. God will be the counselor of the young if they put their trust in him; he will accept them, and exalt them to be colaborers with himself, if they will yield themselves in submission to his will.
A great mistake has been committed in permitting the youth to drift hither and thither with no purpose in life but that of self-gratification, when they should have been interested in the service of Christ. The young place themselves in the way of temptation because they desire to follow inclination, and those who have had experience do not take hold of them in the right way; they do not, in pitying love, in Christlike tenderness, seek to show them their danger. The members of the church should not be content to rest until the feet of the young are directed into the path that leads to eternal life. Let those who have the love of Christ in their hearts, who have heavenly wisdom, make it their special business to see that the youth are brought under a saving influence. Let the youth be drawn to Him who died for them; let them be invited into the service of the Master.
(To be concluded)

A Study of the Lord's Prayer

By R. A. UNDERWOOD

Prayer—No. 5

A Study of the Lord's Prayer

R. A. UNDERWOOD
“Give us this day our daily bread.” This prayer includes every blessing in God’s power to bestow. It expresses abiding faith in God. It teaches us to live in the present and to be content to accept the responsibilities of to-day, leaving the problems and duties of the morrow for that hour.
It is a device of Satan to lead people to live, in their imaginations, either in the past or in the future. It matters but little which, so long as the mind is turned away from present duty. One class is led to believe that had they lived in the remote past they would have been great reformers, or at least heroes in the defense of the right. The Jews that rejected Christ and were ready to put him to death were of this class. They said, “If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.” Matt. 23: 30. Again they exclaimed, “We are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.” John 9: 28, 29.
No better commendation of life’s work can be given than that of the psalmist, which says, “David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers.”
If Satan can not lead one to live upon the past, he tries to have him forget present duty and to become overanxious about the future. A lady once came to me in great distress of mind. When she had told me her anxiety, it was seen that the only perplexity she had was the fear that she would not be able to endure the test in the time of trouble. I tried to show her that she could live only one day at a time; that she had no promise of to-morrow; that to-day brought the only responsibility she would ever have to bear; and that the promise, “As thy days, so shall thy strength be,” was a promise for her to believe. Some are trying to go through the time of trouble now, instead of improving present opportunities and blessings. All the hosts of darkness can not harm one of God’s sealed servants in the day of trouble. Dan. 12: 1.
The adversary is pleased to have us spend our time worrying about the future, rather than being anxious about our present relations to God and our fellow men. “Set thine house in order” to-day, is God’s message to us. The most trouble people have in this world is that which never comes at all. It is a wicked thing to borrow trouble concerning some crisis or calamity of the future.

An Object-Lesson

About twenty years ago there was a grist-mill ten miles from my home in Ohio, in which there was posted this sign, “To-day, we sell feed cheap for cash.” A neighbor had accompanied me to the mill to get some feed. Upon reading the sign he said, “I will not buy feed to-day; to-morrow I will come and get trusted.” He returned the next day to buy feed on credit, but to his confusion was asked to read the sign, “To-day we sell feed cheap for cash; to-morrow we trust.” The proprietor said, “To-day we sell feed for cash, to-morrow never comes in this mill.” So eternity is but one eternal now.
O, that men might learn that life’s golden moment is the present now, in which are offered our greatest opportunities. This is the only time we ever have to trust God for power and wisdom to meet life’s duties. Of Christ it is said, “He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him” (margin, “He rolled himself on the Lord”). Ps. 22: 8. This expresses the simplicity of the faith of Jesus. Rev. 14: 12. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord [roll yourself upon God] forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.” Isa. 26: 3, 4.

Our Daily Bread

The spiritual as well as physical need of man is included in Christ, who said, “I am that bread of life.” David could say, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits.” Ps. 68: 19. These benefits may come through affliction. “My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4: 19. The invalid’s need requires food adapted to his conditions, and it may be very different from the food a person in normal health requires.
The Great Physician gives bread according to the necessity of the patient, although at times it is unpleasant to take. The following is a prescription which carries with it a blessed experience: “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” Isa. 30: 20, 21. Trials and obstacles, if met with fortitude and cheerfulness, are a means of developing true greatness. “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings.”
There are three prominent reasons why trials are permitted to come to us in the present life:—
  1. We may personally need correction.
  2. Trial is a test of faith and strength—ens character.
  3. Through trials we may be better equipped for service.
There are so many called to pass through trials who need human sympathy and encouragement. It is a fact that we can not bring to others what we have not gained by experience or do not possess. This great truth is expressed by Paul, “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. . . . And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.” 2 Cor. 1: 3-6.
No one is able to touch heart with heart in experience, and impart courage and inspiring faith to the tempted soul in deepest trial, as is the person who has proved the promises of God, with victory in trial. No one knows the conflict and struggles of the soul, except one who has passed through a similar experience. Therefore, we are often called to bring to the tempted comfort and help that we have received under like trials. Whatever the purpose of God in bringing us through the bitter waters of affliction, be it for our sake or for the sake of others, let us kiss the hand that bears the cup to our lips.
Afflictions are an evidence of our sonship. “Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. . . . Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Heb. 12: 5-11. David could say, “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.” Therefore the chastened child will “in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thess. 5: 18.
Mesopotamia, Ohio.

Instinct Versus Knowledge

By O. B. KUHN

O. B. KUHN
THE conditions resulting from wrong principles operating in the lives of men and women make the work of Seventh-day Adventists essentially that of reformers, because their work is based upon principles that are right and good.
But when right principles are presented, when truth is urged, the acceptance of which would work reform in physical and religious habits, reformers are often met with the argument that the life is right, and that the acceptance of those means that work reformation is not necessary.
Many persons say that instinct is their monitor, that they are guided by a voice from within. It is argued that instinct causes one to recognize and obey the so-called first law of nature, self-preservation.
Instinct is defined as being “an unconscious,unreasoning, involuntary prompting to some mode of action, either mental or physical,—an inherent prompting to perform a specific action in a specific way whenever the appropriate occasion occurs.”
The Scripture says we shall hear a word behind us, not from within, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it.” Isa. 30:21.
The life of the Lord Jesus, the story of Gethsemane and of Calvary, reveal the principle of unselfishness in contradistinction to the principles of self-serving.
One instinct of life is the prompting to supply the body with food; but many people, guided by the palate alone, often crave for and indulge in those things that are positively harmful and that cause disease. Though the instinct to supply food was given to man in Eden, it was not designed to guide him in the selection of foods. It was merely to indicate the need of food. Knowledge was to be the guide in the choice. Gen. 1:29. Compare Hosea 4:6. Man’s safety lies in the intelligent use of knowledge; his danger, in blindly following appetite. Knowledge should also guide in the combination of foods, proper balancing of food elements, and in determining right conditions, frequency of eating, preparation of foods, etc.
Another instinct given man in Eden was the prompting to worship. Man will worship some one or something; but instinct was no more to direct in the spiritual exercise of worship than it was in the physical exercise of food appropriation. Guided by instinct alone, many are worshiping the sun, the moon, graven images, money, social position, dress, and a hundred other idols. Instinct prompts man to worship; knowledge should direct it.
The Sabbath was given as a guide to man’s worship. It was designed to point him to the only object worthy of his worship, the Creator, and to keep him close to his side, preventing idolatry. But God having given man the Sabbath, did not design that instinct should guide in its observance. Knowledge concerning the observance of the Sabbath is given as a safeguard. Isaiah 58.
The rejection of knowledge concerning man’s physical habits is seen in the sad results, disease, misery, and death. The rejection of moral instruction is witnessed to by the moral corruption and idolatry in the world to-day. Read again Hosea 4:6.
Shall we not prize more highly than ever the Word of the Lord, and purpose in our hearts that Heaven-sent knowledge, rather than fleshly appetites and desires, shall direct in all our habits?

The Trinity.

By W. R. FRENCH

W. R. FRENCH
That there is more or less mystery surrounding the Godhead is an established fact; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever; therefore we have a right to know what has been revealed in the Bible concerning this great subject.
The Scripture declares our God to be one God (Deut. 6: 4; Mal. 2: 10), and again it emphatically says, “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” 1 John 5: 7. These scriptures agree perfectly when rightly understood in the light of other texts. Many texts of the Word place in difficulty the advocate of the theory that God is confined to one individuality; as, “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him” (1 Cor. 8: 6); “But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever” (Heb. 1: 8; Ps. 45: 6, 7); “The Lord said unto my Lord” (Ps. 110: 1; Matt. 22: 44); “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matt. 28: 19); “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all” (2 Cor. 13: 14).
From the foregoing statements, we must arrive at one of two conclusions,—either that there is one being having different names by which to distinguish him in his different functions, or that the Bible enunciation, “There are three that bear record in heaven,” is true. Such statements as these seem to justify the latter conclusion: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gen. 1: 26); “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his [the Father’s] person. . . . For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him” (Heb. 1: 1-6); “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt. 3: 17). In these statements God through his Word declares Jesus Christ to be his Son, God, an object of worship, the express image of his Father’s person (not the Father’s person, but the image of his person), and says, “Let us make man in our image.”
From these statements it seems there can be no doubt that Jesus and the Father are two separate individuals, or persons. Therefore when the Word declares, “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one,” we must conclude that since the first two are found indisputably to be two persons, the last, or third, member of the trio must logically be also a personality.
When we read these expressions: “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you” (John 16: 7); “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14: 26), this conclusion seems more than justified; it is established. The language of Jesus, “If I depart, I will send him unto you,” plainly shows the Holy Ghost to be possessed of a divine personality. The same argument applied to the language, “Whom the Father will send in my name,” indicates the same truth, and thus establishes the conclusion that the Godhead is composed of three personal beings, and that these three are one.
The oneness of the Godhead must, then, consist not in personality, but in some other kind of oneness. Let us apply the Bible idea of oneness of individuals to the Godhead, and see if it will contradict the possibility of three or more individuals being called one.
We have two visible institutions in this world that are Bible illustrations of God’s idea of oneness, marriage and the church. Of marriage, Christ said, “For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh.” Matt. 19: 5.
Of the church, Christ said, through the mouth of his inspired apostle Paul, “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Rom. 12: 5. Christ compares the unity of the church to the oneness of the Godhead in his last recorded prayer. He prayed thus: “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.” John 17: 22. Christ prayed that his disciples might be one in the only sense in which it is possible for personal beings to become one, and that is in spirit, purpose, and work. The members of the church maintain their individuality, for it is said, “So we, being many, are one body.” Husband and wife maintain their individuality; for it is said, “And they twain shall be one flesh.” Just so in the Godhead, each member maintains his own individuality; for it is said of Christ that he is the “express image of his Father’s person”—not the Father’s person, but only the image of his person. Hence the Godhead are one in spirit, in work, and in purpose.
God, the Father, is declared to be the head of the one great family in heaven and earth, Father of all, and above all. Eph. 3: 15; 4: 6. Christ addresses him, “O Father” (John 17: 5), and bids us to pray, “Our Father which art in heaven.” Matt. 6: 9. What a beautiful conception of God is taught in the words, “Our Father.” His relation to the other members of the Godhead is thus shown to be a fatherly relation, not lordly, kingly, nor any form of arbitrary dominance over them.The other members are sent by him, Holy and come not to do their own wills nor to speak their own words, but to do the will and speak the words of the Father. John 6: 38; 8: 28, 29, 42; 14: 26; 15: 10; Ps. 40: 7, 8; John 16: 13. They do the will of the Father with delight, finding pleasure in doing the things that please him. Likewise also the Holy Ghost is subject to the Son, and does his will, and speaks his words. John 14: 26; 16: 7, 13. Thus we catch glimpses of the relationship that exists between Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
This oneness is further illustrated in the work of the Godhead. The three wrought together in the creation of this world. God said, “Let us make man in our image.” Thus we catch a glimpse into the council meeting of the Godhead, and hear them counseling together in the creation. “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” Eph. 3: 9. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him.” John 1: 1-3. Thus we see that God, the Father, created all things through the agency of his Son, and also that of the Holy Spirit; for we read in Gen. 1: 2, 3, “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
This oneness is also illustrated in the incarnation of Christ. God gave his only begotten Son (John 3: 16), not unwillingly upon the part of the Son, for it is recorded that he “offered himself without spot to God” (Heb. 9: 14), “gave himself” (Gal. 1: 4), “was made in the likeness of men” (Phil. 2: 7). God gave the Son; the Son yielded himself, and was made in the likeness of men by the active agent of the Godhead, the Holy Ghost, as it is written, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Luke 1: 35.
This relationship of the Godhead is most beautifully illustrated in the work of the gospel. God, the Father, purposed, or planned, the gospel. 2 Tim. 1: 8-10; Eph. 2: 4-8; 3: 9, 10; 1 Cor. 6: 19, 20. Christ Jesus is the great sin-bearer (1 Peter 2: 24; Isa. 53: 4-6; 1 Cor. 15: 3), high priest (Heb. 8: 1; 6: 20; 4: 14-16), advocate (1 John 2: 1, 2), mediator (1 Tim. 2: 5), Saviour (Matt. 1: 21; Luke 2: 10, 11).
The Holy Ghost is the Comforter (John 14: 26), power (Acts 1: 8), reprover (John 16: 7-11), guide to assist in the study of truth (John 16: 13), intercessor (Rom. 8: 26, 27), and transformer of character (2 Cor. 3: 3, 18). Because of this union of the Godhead in the work of the gospel, the disciples were bidden, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” To these three, working together for the salvation of man, are equally due our gratitude and praise for the work which they are doing. Their union is also a most beautiful illustration of the principle of the golden rule, from the fact that they work together in a great work and maintain such perfect unity of purpose and harmony of action that it can be said of them, These three are one.

Believing God

By MRS. MARY WILLIAMS

MRS. MARY WILLIAMS
“WITHOUT faith it is impossible to please him [God].” Faith is the “evidence of things not seen.” The inherent tendency to accept the evidence of the senses before the word of God is a striking proof that we belong to Adam’s race. To every age the test of faith is applied, though in different forms.
Our first parents showed their unbelief by accepting the testimony of Satan and partaking of the forbidden fruit. To the natural senses it was “pleasant to the eye,” “good for food,” and “to be desired to make one wise.” Ah, the cunning of the serpent! The destiny of the human race hung in the balance, and they believed not God.
But let us thank God for the record of Abraham. He believed God in the promised seed, in spite of the fact that there was nothing in natural laws on which to found his belief; and his faith was “counted unto him for righteousness.”
In Christ’s day there were learned men of all nations to discredit the virgin birth and the resurrection. It was contrary to any natural law with which they were familiar. They pointed the finger of scorn at the few disciples who, for the most part, were unlearned men. But those disciples believed God, and sealed their faith with martyrdom.
Are we not called upon to pass a similar test of faith in our day? Shall we believe that God spoke the world into existence, and the Saviour’s testimony, “From the beginning of the creation God made them male and female”? The theories of the nebular hypothesis and evolution present many plausible arguments, are taught in schools and colleges, therefore, “desired to make one wise.” Satan has had six thousand years’ experience in inventing “cunningly devised fables.” To refuse to listen is to bear the stigma of ignorance or bigotry. Some attempt to compromise by hewing down the noble pillars of our faith, founded on God’s word, to fit the little gimlet holes science bores in the earth. We may not be able to explain the mysteries of nature, but the simplest mind can comprehend the plain statements of the Word. The psalmist declares, “Thy word is true from the beginning.” Let us believe it unquestioningly, wholly.

Bliss Eternal We Shall Know

By C. P. BOLLMAN

C. P. BOLLMAN
Our youth is like the morning, Our manhood like the noon; Then come the shades of evening, Hastening on, alas! too soon.
But as morning follows midnight, So, too, our sun shall rise If we put our trust in Jesus, On heaven fix our eyes.
Here the sad is always blended With the joys so soon to go, But in the coming kingdom Bliss eternal we shall know.
Nashville, Tenn.
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