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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 23, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 37.

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NOT FAR.

By English Congregationalist

Not far, not far from the kingdom, Yet, in the shadow of sin, How many are coming and going, How few are entering in!
Not far from the golden gateway, Where voices whisper and wait, Fearing to enter in boldly, So lingering still at the gate;
Catching the strain of the music Floating so sweetly along, Knowing the song they are singing, Yet joining not in the song;
Seeing the warmth and the beauty, The infinite love and the light, Yet weary, and lonely, and waiting, Out in the desolate night!
Out in the dark and the danger, Out in the night and the cold, Though he is longing to lead them Tenderly into the fold.
Not far, not far from the kingdom, 'Tis only a little space; But it may be the last and forever, Out of the resting place.
—English Congregationalist.