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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 13, 1881

WE ARE WAITING.

By Mary M. Buckland

BY MARY M. BUCKLAND.

WE are waiting for the coming Of our Saviour, Priest, and King. For the dawning of that morning That will our deliverance bring. For we are pilgrims sad and lonely, While in this dark vale we roam. Here we feel that we are strangers, And we are waiting to go home.

Here we have no place of resting, This is not the Christian's home, But we are seeking for a country Where no sorrow ere can come. And we know that we are nearing That bright land we long to greet, That our journey's almost ended, We shall soon our Saviour meet.

We are waiting, and the moments Swiftly now are speeding on, And we must be up and doing, Striving well our race to run. For we see the many tokens Which proclaim our Saviour near; On every hand they're rising, And we know he'll soon appear.

We are waiting for his coming, And we strive to overcome, For we want to be all ready, That we may be gathered home. To that home of glorious beauty, To that golden city fair, Where we'll ever be with Jesus, Free from sorrow, pain, and care.

Albion, N. Y.