p. 394 | The Home Circle

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 31, 1882

The Home Circle.

SHALL I BE READY?

LET me think, if Jesus' coming Is so very near at hand, On what hopes I am relying; Will they in the Judgment stand? Have I put forth every effort To obtain the priceless boon, Which so freely has been offered That the lowliest may come?

Shall I hear the welcome plaudit, That from Jesus' lips will fall— Come ye blessed of my Father I've prepared a home for all Who have faithful done my bidding, Watched and waited night and day, And though troubles thickened round them, Still pursued the narrow way?

Or shall I in deepest anguish To the rocks and mountains call, Hide, O hide me from his presence, Lest his wrath on me shall fall. O my soul, what is thine answer? Quickly now thou must decide, For the Saviour soon is coming To receive the sanctified.

Help me Lord to be prepared, For I long thy face to see, When thou comest in thy glory After those who wait for thee. O, I plead for thy sweet Spirit To direct me day by day, That I may be strengthened ever All thy precepts to obey.

—Sel.