BE YE SEPARATE | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · March 25, 1880

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 13

“BE YE SEPARATE.”

Two cannot walk together, Unless they are agreed; One dictates the direction, The other must accede; One chooses to walk crooked, The other to walk straight,— This cannot be effected Unless they separate.

Light cannot dwell with darkness, They cannot be agreed; For if the one advances, The other must recede; Christ has no part with Satan, They ever must be twain; And there is no agreement With God and idols vain.

So those who are disciples Of Christ, the blessed Lord, Must choose companions only Whose faith and hope accord. No partnerships whatever With others should be made, Lest Christians prove apostates, And Christ should be betrayed.

One loves the blessed Saviour, And waits for his return, While on affection’s altar The fires celestial burn; The other loves the present, All earthly his desire— The constant-pouring water Extinguishes the fire.

And speak we of the union Preferred to that from birth, A tie which brings communion Most intimate on earth? Two cannot walk together Unless there be accord; Therefore the great apostle Said, “Only in the Lord.”