TRUST by A. A. J.

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · March 11, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 11

TRUST

By A. A. J.

“They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even forever.” Ps. 125:1, 2.

Thine be a life of trust in God, Ever in him confide, Submissively beneath the rod Bow, and with him abide.

Gently his hand will lead thee on From grace to higher grace, And when thy life-work here is done, He’ll greet thee face to face.

Oh! ’twill be sweet in the glad morn Of that eternal day, When the last note the world to warn Dies on the ear away,

If Jesus, friend of all the meek, Beholds thee seated low Among the ones to whom he’ll speak Words of the sweetest flow:

“Come up, ye victors in the strife, Partake of life’s fair tree; Its fruit renews the springs of life Throughout eternity.

“Thou hast given up all for me, The world and e’en thine own; I’ll own thy name, and thou shalt be With me upon my throne.”

And for the joy before him set Christ died, and now he’ll give Life, full and free,—eternity, To all who wish to live.

Ay, live; no sickness, pain, or death Ever shall thee annoy; Oh, taste and feast, as his word saith, The fullness of his joy!

Father, to thee I trust my all, Thy love for me how great! Oh, keep me that I may not fall, And mourn outside the gate.

Around I see the darkness fall, Help me to walk with thee, And know and heed thy every call, Until from danger free,—

Free to behold thy glory bright, Free to partake thy joy, And in redemption’s song unite, Where pleasures never cloy.

A. A. J.