THE COMING ONE by Eliza H. Morton

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 18, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 20.

THE COMING ONE.

By Eliza H. Morton

Sacred history contains a touching record of the birth of a stranger in Judea. One destitute of earthly riches, “despised and rejected of men,” and doomed to a life of sorrow and woe. Scalding tears blind our eyes as we read of his humiliation, self-sacrifice, and painful death upon the cross; but our weeping is turned into joy when we read of his resurrection, ascension to Heaven, and the glorious promise of his return to earth in kingly splendor.

Be comforted, O inhabitants of earth! There is glory yet to be revealed. Poor and despised one, the owner of the gold and the silver, and the “cattle upon a thousand hills” is coming. He will make those rich who for his sake have become poor.

Tried and tempted one, the Master is coming to remove all temptation and sin. Weary and tossed one, the King is coming to give you rest. Deformed and sick one, there is a physician coming who will make the “lame man to leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing.” He will open the blind eyes and unstop the deaf ears.

Mourning and weeping one, a comforter is coming who will give the “garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,” heal broken hearts, and remove the cause of human woe.

If our hearts were right in the sight of God and our garments free from sin we should long for the summons to go forth, “Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust.” Our song and our prayer would be, Jesus, Saviour, King, reveal thyself in beauty and take thy people home. Hail! all hail, bright morn of coming glory. Our souls yearn for thee, and our homesick hearts cry out for the living God. Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly.

ELIZA H. MORTON.

Allen’s Corner, Me.