The time is at hand by the prophets foretold
When the son of perdition, in scarlet and gold,
Should cause all the people throughout all the land
To accept of his mark in their forehead or hand.
His mark is “the venerable day of the sun,”
In which by the people no work must be done,—
A counterfeit sabbath, a well-designed fraud,
Imposed on the Church ’gainst the Sabbath of God.
But God has commanded His people to rest
On the day that He sanctified, hallowed, and blessed,
And made it a sign and a mark to denote
God’s covenant people to ages remote.
Now choose ye the day that you wish to observe,
And deny not the God you desire to serve:
If Baal be the God, why then Baal obey,
But if ’tis Jehovah, then hallow His day.
O be not deceived, for the time is now here
When all must decide where they wish to appear,—
Whether ’tis with the Lord and the angels to dwell,
Or with unbelievers be cast down to hell.
O sinners for whom Christ our Saviour hath died
And arose, that through Him ye might be justified,
Accept of His mark, and He’ll lead you aright,
To mansions of glory, eternal and bright.