p. 179 | Our Coming King by P. D. Lawrence

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 8, 1866

Our Coming King.

By P. D. Lawrence

Soon Christ will come again, Soon, soon he’ll come to reign, My soul responds, “amen!” So let it be.

Yes, he will come with power, Fair Eden to restore; And give from that glad hour, Freedom to me.

Freedom from death’s embrace, Freedom from sin’s disgrace, All its effects erase, Sorrow and pain.

With a strong hand he’ll bind That foe of all mankind; Satan shall never find Victory again.

Then shall we see and know, Why we had such a foe, Why were our wrongs below Thus multiplied;

Why Jesus left his home, Came from his Father’s throne To this cursed earth alone,— Why Jesus died.

Soon he’ll to us relate, Why we have thus to wait, And fully vindicate God’s ways to man.

Then, seeing eye to eye, Cleared up all mystery, We will extol for aye, His wondrous plan.

Then with a sweet accord, Sound, sound the truth abroad, Which from the blessed word, Ope’s to our view.

Freely have we received, So should we freely give, All who believe shall live, And praise him too.

Now let our hearts rejoice, And with a joyful noise, Echo with cheerful voice, Redemption nigh.

Haste! haste! we almost hear His chariot wheels, so near, Look up with holy fear, Earth’s King espy.

Ten thousand in his train, Earth joins her glad refrain, Nations hearing his fame, Their offerings bring.

Seeing his matchless power, They wonder and adore, And own forevermore Their Lord and King.

P. D. Lawrence.

Falmouth, Mass.