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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 6, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 36.

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The Kingdom

By L. D. Santee

“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me.” Luke 22:29.
L. D. SANTEE
HEAVEN is a sea of splendor, In the kingdom; Eyes will gleam with love-light tender In the kingdom; Woe or sorrow cometh never, But the gladness is forever; Friends united, ne’er shall sever, In the kingdom.
In the blissful sea of glory, In the kingdom, We shall tell the dear old story, In the kingdom, How the Saviour died to save us, Of the countless gifts he gave us, Coming to the earth to have us In the kingdom.
No lives dull, and cold, and dreary, In the kingdom, No forms bowed, and worn, and weary, In the kingdom, But a life, supreme, eternal, An existence glad, supernal, Where are endless seasons vernal, In the kingdom.
Long we’ve watched, and prayed, and waited For the kingdom, Still our faith is unabated In the kingdom; For the Lord will come from heaven, For his saints redeemed, forgiven; Homes unending will be given In the kingdom.
We’ll forget earth’s toils and sadness, In the kingdom, In the joy of heaven’s gladness, In the kingdom; All the prophecies seem clearer, And the time of rest is nearer, And the “blessed hope” is dearer, Of the kingdom.
Dixon, Ill.