Well Sung

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 33.

Well Sung.—A wonderful and what ought to be a well-remembered truth is expressed in Rudyard Kipling's poem written after the queen's jubilee:—

“The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart; Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!”

“Far-called our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire; Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!”

Men's boasting to-day is like that of Nebuchadnezzar of old, in the very face of God's prophecy, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built?” Dan. 4:30. But the prophet of God said, “Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.” Isa. 13:19. The same prophecy holds good concerning all the modern Babylons of to-day. It is well that Kipling has recalled the important lesson.