THE ADVENT by L. D. Santee

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1867

THE ADVENT.

By L. D. Santee

So likewise ye when ye shall see all these things know that it is near even at the door. Matt. xxiv, 33.

Jesus soon is coming, signs proclaim him near, Earth is sighing, groaning, earthly tribes do fear, Soon the shining chariot, parts the azure dome; Lift your heads ye ransomed, your Deliverer comes.

Now the vivid lightnings, rend the gloomy sky, Seas are tossed by tempest, waves run mountain high, Hoary are the billows, seas and ocean roar; Wild the tempest rages, but ’twill soon be o’er.

Gloomy cypress shadows, graves more mournful make, Cheeks are wet with weeping, sad hearts often break, Earth is filled with anguish, sickness, sin and death, Man with pain and suffering yieldeth up his breath.

Soon in shining glory, Christ the Lord will come, And with joy triumphant, take his people home, Then the whole creation will no longer groan, But will shout with gladness, Christ the Lord has come.

L. D. SANTEE.

Mc Lean Co., Ill.