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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 8, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 48.

Thine Eyes Shall See

By MILTON C. WILCOX

“Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty.” Isa. 33:17.

THINE eyes shall see, thou who hast looked on sin And sin's great fruitage. Thou thyself hast been Where sin hath pleased, and all its hellish art Seemed beauty to thine earthly mind and heart, Till death in all his horrors showed the end, Thy worst of foes, that thou hadst thought thy friend. Then faith saw, standing by, Him thou didst fear, A Friend in every need, a Saviour near.

Thine eyes shall see, eyes oft with sorrow brimmed, By weary watching, pain, and anguish dimmed. Thou sawest by faith thy Lord. He spake thee grace. But then thine eyes shall see, shall see His face. Thine eyes shall see, not in ecstatic vision, Nor in some dreamed about Elysium, But eyes shall see, thine eyes, as when they rest On face of her who soothed thee on her breast.

Thine eyes shall see the King, not earthly lord, Whom many serve through fear or for reward; But Him who spake the word and strewed the sky With shining orbs, and all their hosts on high He marshaled to the music of the spheres. And yet that King the faintest whisper hears Of timid soul who hopes His grace to share. Thine eyes shall see the King. Do not despair.

Thine eyes shall see the King, not crowned with thorns, And led away amid the jeers and scorns Of those He came to save, nor bowed in grief In dark Gethsemane, of pleaders, chief, Nor on the cross bearing the sin of all, The mocking earth beneath, the heaven a pall, Till from the breaking heart is forced the cry, “My God, My God, forsaken as I die!” Not in this saddest, sorest day of duty,— Thine eyes shall see the King in all His beauty.

In beauty not of earth thine eyes shall see. That King is coming soon for thee and me, That same blest Lord who walked the earth of old, Who to thy heart the wondrous story told, Who kept thee through the years of toil and pain,— This King is coming to His own again. Thy King, my King, we—our eyes—shall see, And with Him reign throughout eternity.