Untitled article by M. WILCOX.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, January 14, 1868

THE MESSAGE.

By M. WILCOX.

Lord speed thy glorious message, Of mercy love and truth, Where dwells an honest heart, in age Or in the bloom of youth; That all may hear thy warning call, And hasten to escape, The plagues which soon on those will fall Who heed the call too late.

And though our faith be weak and small; O give us hope's bright shield; Lord of the harvest hear the call, For laborers in the field. O Lord, the glorious work is thine, More messengers prepare, That light of present truth may shine More glorious far and near.

Raise up more messengers, O Lord, If 'tis thy holy will, That the glad tidings of thy word, May sound o'er vale and hill; 'Till thou a people shalt prepare, Holy and pure and clean, Clothed in thy righteousness so fair, And cleansed from every sin.

Waiting to hear the Bridegroom's voice To bid them hither come, Ye blessed, ye my Father's choice, Ye pilgrims now come home, Unto the mansions I've prepared, All glorious and bright, For those who are made white and tried, In whom I take delight.

No more to suffer grief and pain, No more to meet with loss, No more for my sake, suffer shame, No more to bear the cross, But with me reign a thousand years As priests and kings on high, Where God shall wipe away all tears, From every weeping eye;

And then with me possess the earth Refined and made anew; Reserved for those of heavenly birth, The Gentile and the Jew. The praise and glory be to God Who dwells and reigns on high, Who gave his Son to shed his blood That we might never die.

M. WILCOX.

Tuscola Co., Mich.