What did the Psalmist desire he might know,
Seeing his days were all measured below? (Psa. 39)
What did the angel, on earth and on sea,
Swear by the Lord there no longer should he? (Rev. 10)
What is that life the Apostle sets forth,
God’s gift through Christ, and of infinite worth? (Rom. 6)
What for the people of God does remain?
Seeking it here, we shall seek it in vain. (Heb. 4)
What is it comes in darkness to stay;
Work, while the foolish alone will delay? (John 9)
What through the gospel has Christ to light brought,
Victory o’er death, as by Paul we are taught? (2 Tim. 1)
What midst earth’s changes will ever endure,
Steadfast through all generations and sure? (Psa. 100)
When is the time our Creator to seek,
Heeding the hope which His promises speak? (Eccl. 12; Prov. 8)
Join the initials, a word we discern;
Making an important lesson we learn:
Passing away from the changeful below;
Ask we where is it our spirits will go?
The high and the lofty One does know the same,
Where He inhabits—Holy His name!
For ’tis to there our souls take their flight;
Oh, may we find it not darkness, but light!