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THE LORD IS COMING

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 22, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 8.

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THE LORD IS COMING.

The light of His coming is flashing afar, The rising and glory of Bethlehem's star; The heavens receive Him no longer from sight, Descending, encompassed with seraphim bright.
He comes! lo, He comes for the harvest of earth! The gems of His crown are bright jewels of worth; And the mantle of death is folded away, And the faithful of ages are born in a day.
Hail, land of the Orient, lift up thy head! The just One has come; the destroyer has fled! The hills of Judea with gladness rejoice, And the trees clap their hands at the sound of His voice.
Thy tribute to strangers no longer must yield, Nor the place of His throne be plowed as a field; But the city of God arise on its height, And the saved of the nations shall walk in its light.
Behold the despised and crucified One, Once led to the cross, now ascending the throne! And the kings of the earth cast their crowns at His feet, And the hosts of the Heavens His praises repeat.
Rejoice, O ye faithful! the circling of years Has hastened His coming to dry up your tears; The sweet fields of Eden again are restored, The kingdom of Jesus—Rejoice in the Lord. —Selected.