Foes of the Heart by S. O. James

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, May 12, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 19

Foes of the Heart.

By S. O. James

BY S. O. JAMES.

'Tis not the Lord's will that we should stand still, And be making no progress from day unto day; But we rather should fight for the truth and the right, And conquer each foe that we find in the way.

'Tis no hand-to-hand strife, this battle for life, As soldiers have seen on the grim battle field; But against wicked spirits and fleshly dominion We valiantly wrestle, and never should yield.

But of all the dread foes that arise to oppose, And keep us in grief from our Saviour apart, ’Mid the strife and the loss, we have found to our cost There is none like the foes that we find in the heart.

'Tis no wonder we shrink sometimes when we think Of the danger and pain that attend the good way; “But he giveth more grace” for the heavenly race, And we'll trust in the dark till we see the bright day.

Logan, Joan.