SHADOWINGS by E. Hutchins

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, April 28, 1885

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 62, No. 17

SHADOWINGS

By E. Hutchins

BY E. HUTCHINS.

FLOWERS are stars to guide us on our heavenly way, And point us by their upward growth to a more perfect day. Then let us learn the lesson by their humble presence taught, That quiet, cheerful being all we can, is what we ought.

The azure blue that grandly ope's and spreads out overhead, Then gently bows, the margin of the earth to meet and wed, Is but a glorious covering from the hand divine above, And in its gently blending tints of glory, proves God's love.

The stars that glide above us when the night looks dreamy down, Are emblems of the brightness of our Saviour's soul-starred crown, And teach us by their onward march, unvarying, sublime, That we may live, live ever on, beyond the shores of time.

Above, beneath, and all around we see God's wondrous plan To break the power of Satan's grasp, and rescue fallen man. In love beyond our highest thought, too great to comprehend, Christ gave his life, and thus became man's truest, dearest friend.

As when the day king sinks to rest, he paints the scene in gold, Then leaves the world in darkness and night's dominion cold, While man is locked in sleep profound, nor knows the flight of time, Till nature brings returning morn and wakes again her chime;

So will the Son of Righteousness in majesty appear, Will raise the few to heaven's light who've learned his name to fear; Will raise them out from darkness and death's dominion cold, And his bright beams forever shall the ransomed hosts enfold