Poems (Smith)/The Present and the Future
THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
By trials and afflictions We see our way more clear; Our heart's best affections Are often buried here.
When our earthly joys shall vanish, We'll hope for a future bright: When from this life we perish, Heaven opens to our sight.
Beyond the smiling and the weeping, Where no sorrows dim the eye, Forever a welcome greeting Awaits us when we die.
Oh, who would live and suffer In this fleeting world of pain? Let us go unto our Saviour,— With Him ever to remain.