p. 9 | THE MORNING COMETH by Franc Remington

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 17, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 46.

THE MORNING COMETH.

By Franc Remington

Long has the gloom of error’s night upon the earth been falling; And long the world has waited in the clouds of sin and wrong; Long has the cry of anguished hearts from stricken homes been calling, Up to the listening ear of Him whose vengeance waiteth long.

But, tho His vengeance waiteth long, His love it faileth never; And the good will surely triumph, and the right shall win alway; For, lo! upon the mountain-tops the shafts of sunrise quiver, And the past is flushing crimson with the dawning of the day.

O, ye who pray, have faith, for, lo! the world is surely waking! Take courage, ye who toil “for God and home and native land.” And ye whom wrong hath well-nigh slain, whose hearts are well-nigh breaking, Lift up your heads, rejoice, for your redemption is at hand.

Soon, soon, your longing eyes shall see the Son of Truth ascending, And the glory of His coming drive dark error’s night away; Then you’ll cry in tones of rapture, hope and awe and gladness blending, “Lo! our long, long night is over, and our day has dawned for aye.”

—Franc Remington.