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The First Will Be Last

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 30, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 34.

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“The First Will Be Last”

By Delwin Rees Buckner

By Delwin Rees Buckner
WHEN thou didst first see light, didst thou have aught? Was not the first gift thou receivedst thy breath? Embraced by arms of cold, unfeeling Death, Thou must expect to carry with thee naught. Thy glory, honor, wealth; the praise of men; And, last of all, the spirit that God gave,— All leave when thou dost enter in the grave To rest from work till God gives life again. The trumpet of the resurrection morn But wakens us as to another birth. Earth’s poor will then be heirs of heaven’s store; But they will rise to meet eternal scorn Who’ve spent their lives in wantonness on earth; Then they will beg without the City’s door.
Ambato, Ecuador.