REMEMBER by Alice Cary

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · April 22, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 17

REMEMBER

By Alice Cary

In thy time and times of mourning, When grief doth all she can To hide the prosperous sunshine, Remember this, O man,— “He setteth an end to darkness.”

Sad saint, of the world forgotten, Who workest thy work apart, Take thou this promise for comfort, And hold it in thy heart,— “He searcheth out all perfection.”

O foolish and faithless sailor, When the ship is driven away, When the waves forget their places, And the anchor will not stay,— “He weigheth the water by measure.”

Outcast, homeless, bewildered, Let now thy murmurs be still; Go in at the gates of gladness, And eat of the feast at will,— “For wisdom is better than riches.”

O diligent, diligent sower, Who sowest thy seed in vain, When the corn in the ear is withered, And the young flax dies for rain,— “Through rocks He cutteth out rivers.”

—Alice Cary.