PILGRIM LONGINGS | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 3, 1871

PILGRIM LONGINGS.

I long to see the Saviour come In yonder clouds of glory bright, And take to their eternal home His ransomed people clothed in white.

I long to see those loved ones dear, Triumphant from the grave arise, No more in pain to suffer here, Forever safe in Paradise.

I long to see the ransomed host Of every age, and tongue, and tribe, O’er death and graveyards make their boast, And glory to their Lord ascribe.

I long to see the curse removed, And sin and death forever die, And all those who have faithful proved, Immortal bloom, no more to sigh.

I long to hear the welcome sound— “Well done, thou servant of my choice, Thou didst in works of love abound, And faithfully obeyed my voice.”

I long to wear the crown of life, When victory through Christ I’ve won, When freed from earthly toil and strife, And Jesus’ will on earth I’ve done.

I long to pluck from life’s fair tree The monthly fruit of various kind; I long to drink life’s water free, And pleasures new forever find.

—Sel.