An Awakening by Pearl Waggoner

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 8, 1910

An Awakening

By Pearl Waggoner

PEARL WAGGONER

AND Thou art coming soon! Lord, is it true That even now, beyond yon starry blue Thy work for men is coming to its close? Probation soon will end? Yet there be those— And many, too,—throughout this peaceful land, Yea, through the world, to whom this message grand Yet terrible withal, has ne'er been given, Who look not for Thee in the clouds of heaven.

And we have known! Yet as an idle tale, Or as a truth that to our ears was stale, Too oft we've treated it. O Lord, forgive! Teach us henceforth how to truly live This message we believe. Help us to see All things in this blest light eternally; May we in true proportion judge between The small things and the great,—seen and unseen.

We soon shall see Thee! Lord, we know 'tis true,— Make us prepared! May we our work so do As if we knew that Thou wouldst come to-day; And yet, as if the world should last alway. O, may we faithful be! Ah, what a cost, If some blood-purchased soul should e'er be lost Because of our neglect! For Thine own sake, Help us from ease and slumber to awake.

Hinsdale, Ill.