THE HOUSE OF OBED EDOM.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12933, 12 October 1907, Page 12

THE HOUSE OF OBED EDOM.

The house of Obed Edom. paTo the ark »b*d% Wriii time were wars ar.rt iigfitinge. On every nwuntain road, What time was pitched the battle. In every valley foir. The house of Obcd Edom Ifad peace beyond compare. With famine on the tiordeT Ann fury in ttie camp. With the serving children hudd.ed In U:e biack tenfs chivenng damp, With the mothers crying eadly And every moan o prayer— In !ii« houee of Obcd Edom Was neither *«nt nor care. The fields of Obed Edcm. Xo foeman trod them dawn; The towers of Obed Edom Were like a town; And only grace end pladnew Came speeding on *"* ros<l To the Jicufp of Edom, Wherein the *ark uooda. And fnr <in<l near they told it. The men who paired that wey, How fell Jehovah's blewinf? On that homo *y and d*y; How the smallest lo the greatest Had joy and hope and love. While thereof of CVbcd Fdom Was watched by CVd a»ove. Th« lir.e of Obcd E<*oni, Is on the earth to-dtoy; In the house of Obed Edom Still he may safely sfay Who. dearer than all treasure. For which men. tall and plod. Shall prize the covenanrt-bleeaing, The hallowed ark of God. And n-ever strife nor clpmour Shall breek the tra-nquil spell In -which our Lord's beloved Forever sa>fely dwell. In the house of Obed Edom, In the sunlight or In dark, Abide* the ceaseless blessing ThM rests within tihe ark. —"Britieh Weekly."