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The Oncoming Tempest

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 13, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 28.

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The Oncoming Tempest

By Delwin Rees Buckner

DELWIN REES BUCKNER
The sun, that cheers, in anger seems to hide Behind the dismal clouds that drape the sky; Meanwhile are hurled bright javelins, that fly And lacerate the earth on every side. The shrieking oak falls prone, with deafening crash, That rivals e’en the loudest thunder peal; The hurrying horseman, flying spurs of steel, Is overtaken by a fatal flash. But tempest greater still erelong will break— A day of trouble, when for one brief space Of time will God withdraw behind a veil. O then this wilful world, most justly cursed, Will taste of woes, when God conceals his face, And floods the land with blood and fire and hail.
Ambato, Ecuador.