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Good Tidings!

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 2, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 43.

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Good Tidings!

By J. DU TOIT

J. DU TOIT
ALL the world is astir with good tidings, Like to nature a-tiptoe with spring; 'Tis discerned in the wind's gentle sighing, In the melodies flower bells ring. 'Tis proclaimed by the roar of the ocean, In its ebbing and flowing refrain. List! “He is coming, is coming, is coming, Christ Jesus is coming again!”
It is heard in the call of the trumpet, Mustering armies to follow its train; In the heart-breaking groan of the nations, As they wail out their anguish and pain. “He is coming!” so thunders the cannon, Booming loudly o'er mountain and plain; “He is coming!” the earth whispers sadly, As she bends 'neath her burden of slain.
“He is coming!” shout watchmen of Zion, Peal it forth with a stormy refrain, Till the world is ablaze with the glory Of his coming—his coming again— Till from beyond Ethiop's rivers South Africa her offerings will bring, Fair jewels, her sons and her daughters, To welcome the oncoming King!
Mutzenberg, Cape Peninsula, South Africa.