p. 5 | Thy Kingdom Come by Joseph A. Seiss, D.D.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 1, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 47.

“Thy Kingdom Come”

By Joseph A. Seiss, D.D.

We say the prayer, “THY KINGDOM COME!” but so cold and lifeless is the petition on our lips, that we scarcely know what we are asking. Jesus says, “BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY;” but we fold our arms, and answer, NO, NO; it will yet be a thousand years or more. He says, “WATCH;” but we say, There’s no danger that He will come in our day. . . . Alas, whose heart now thrills to the startling announcement, “THE LORD COMETH”? Who looks, and sighs, and prays now, for the return of our Saviour to our world? Who is waiting for, as he is hastening unto, the coming of the day of God? Who is keeping himself in readiness for its solemn revelations?—Joseph A. Seiss, D.D.