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A Song of Joy

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 18, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 51.

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A Song of Joy

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE
Rejoice, O earth, for the day is near When thy bloody wars shall cease, When thy land shall rest ’neath the banners fair Of the glorious Prince of Peace.
Rejoice, rejoice, for the long, long night Shall cease with the coming day, And right shall sit on the throne of might, Forever and for aye.
Then the desert drear shall be glad for thee,— The wilderness dark with gloom,— And the saints shall stand on the crystal sea, And the rose and the lily bloom.
Make strong the hands that are feeble now, And the hearts that are faint and weak; Raise up the forms that in weakness bow, And the glorious tidings speak.
Soon, soon, shall the lame man “leap as an hart,” And the “tongue of the dumb” shall sing, From the parched ground shall the waters start, And streams from the desert spring.
And the ransomed blest shall return and come To the hills of Zion fair, And the Master’s heart shall be satisfied When we meet him over there.
Lansing, Mich.