p. 131 | ZION by Mrs. C. A. Knowles

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 9, 1872

ZION

By Mrs. C. A. Knowles

Jerusalem, shall we behold Thy matchless grace? and shall our feet E’er wander where thy every street Is lined and paved with shining gold?

And shall we see the branches wave, And taste the fruit on life’s fair tree, And where life’s river rolleth free, Shall we amid its waters lave?

And shall we walk, in robes of white, Within thy walls of precious stone? And look upon the great white throne Of Him who is our life and light?

And shall we join the thrilling song, That yet shall make thy arches ring? The song that angels cannot sing, Of earth’s redeemed and blood-washed throng?

Oh! should yon eastern light foretell That soon the Bridegroom will return; What marvel that the bride should yearn, Forever with her Lord to dwell?

And though the world, with scornful eyes Looks on the written things of God; We yet shall see the bursting sod, And see the sleeping dead arise.

—MRS. C. A. KNOWLES, in World’s Crisis.