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Emmanuel’s Sign

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 39.

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Emmanuel’s Sign

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
ACROSS the hills the evening shadows lengthen, And night draws on—the night of all the earth; The while above a quiet peace seems brooding, The air is rife with revelry and mirth.
We, children of the day, behold the token— A sign our long-expected Lord is nigh! At midnight will we see the Bridegroom coming, In majesty descending from on high.
Let not vain pleasure for a moment beckon Thy weary soul to seek an hour’s repose; O listen not to foolish comrades pleading, Nor e’en permit thy sleepy eyes to close.
Far from the din of earth-joys and amusements Seek an anointing, wrestling in prayer, Nor let Him go until he grants his blessing, Changing thy name to that of conqueror there.
Ne’er wilt thou, even for a moment, reckon Earth’s sacrifice too great for heaven’s store, When thou shalt meet thy King, with lamp well burning, And “enter in” to joys forevermore.