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The Story of the King

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 37.

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The Story of the King

By E. R. HOYT

E. R. HOYT
HAVE you heard, have you heard the sweet story Of Jesus the soon-coming King,— How he’s finishing mansions in glory, And his angels are now on the wing
To bring to the feast all the wretched, The halt, and the lame, and the blind; From the lanes and the highways and hedges All sinners that e’er they can find
Who are willing to go to that country That never knows death or decay, That never knows sorrow or anguish, But life in one long, blissful day?
There are beautiful, beautiful flowers That never will wither or die, And fruits never known to this country; No frosts on its borders e’er lie.
There’s a city whose walls are of jasper, Its streets are the purest of gold; But not half of this wonderful story To mortals has ever been told.
Oh, arise and prepare for the wedding, In the robe of His righteousness clean; Oh, awake, for the day dawn is breaking, And the signs of his coming are seen!