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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 21, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 36.

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"A LITTLE WHILE."

By F. J. J.

"A little while, and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me." John 16:16.
"For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come and will not tarry." Heb. 10:37.
"Yet once, it is a little while . . . and the desire of all nations shall come." Hag. 2:6, 7.
A little while, our fightings shall be over; A little while, our tears be wiped away; A little while, the presence of Jehovah Shall turn our darkness into Heaven's bright day.
A little while, the fears that oft surround us Shall to the memories of the past belong; A little while, the love that sought and found us Shall change our weeping into Heaven's glad song.
A little while! His presence goes before us, A fire by night, a shadowy cloud by day; His banner, love-inscribed, is floating o'er us; His arm almighty is our strength and stay!
A little while to live and work for Jesus, To gather with the reapers till he come. O let not faithless fears and doubtings seize us— A little while, and then the harvest-home!
A little while! 'Tis ever drawing nearer— The wished-for dawning of that glorious day. Blest Saviour, make our spirit's vision clearer, And guide, oh guide us in the shining way.
A little while! Oh blessed expectation! A little while! "Lord, tarry not," we cry; Our hearts upleap in fond anticipation. "Rejoice! The coming of the Lord is nigh!"
-F. J. J., in The Christian.