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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 22, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 26.

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MY HOPE.

The kingdom of God is before me, Its brightness illumines my way; This world has no power to enthrall me, No more can it tempt me to stay. I have heard of the light and the glory That beam on the bright world to come, And, unmindful of earthly allurements, I haste to that beautiful home.
The kingdom of God is before me; What though I may journey alone? What though I am tired and fainting, With the weight of the cross I have borne? What matter though rough be my pathway, And tears in my weariness fall? I shall rest in the home of the ransomed, Where gladness and peace are for all.
The kingdom of God is before me; 'Tis sufficient to hasten me on To know that such glory awaits me As the word of Jehovah has shown; To know I shall share in the blessings Of the home of which prophets have told; To know I shall dwell 'mid its brightness, And the King in his beauty behold.
The kingdom of God is before me; In the patience of hope I'll endure, Content with the lot of a pilgrim, If I may the promise secure. Not long shall the dark cloud of evil Envelop the world in its gloom, Ere a King shall in righteousness govern, And earth's deserts like Eden shall bloom.
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