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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 21, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 23.

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AWAKE!

By C. A. K.

WORLD, awake! From the dust your garments shake, Look on Him who once was slain; Lo! he comes, the “great and glorious, Over death and hell victorious,” Comes upon the earth to reign.
Dare we wait? Soon, alas! ’t will be too late; The wicked shall be wicked still, But those who love the Lord shall stand ’Mid the happy, blood-washed band, That soon shall rest on Zion’s hill.
Soon life’s night Shall be lost in endless light; All earth’s gloom shall roll away; Sun, thy liquid gold shall fail, Moon and stars, your splendor pale, In the glory of that day.
Even now, On the mountain’s rugged brow, We discern the morning star; Mourner, dry your bitter tears, Lo! a golden gleam appears, Streaming o’er the heavens afar.
Soon its light, Scattering every trace of night, Shall be seen on land and wave; And from Heaven the wondrous sign Of the Son of God shall shine, Telling that he comes to save.
We can see All the lines of prophecy Swiftly drawing to a close; World, thy triumph soon shall end; Christian, lo! your dearest friend Comes in Sharon’s deathless rose.
C. A. K., in World’s Crisis.