COMING SOON | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 2, 1873

COMING SOON.

I know not if He come at eve, Or night, or morn, or noon; I know the breeze of twilight gray That fans the cheek of dying day Doth ever whisper—Soon!

I know not why our souls should doubt His promise to appear, When every flower's opening eye Looks up into the changing sky And seems to murmur—Near!

I know not round His blessed feet What peerless glories throng; I only know from rending tomb The good shall burst in beauty's bloom And faith assures—Not long!

I know not if His chariot wheels Yet near or distant are, I only know each thunder-roll Doth wake an echo in my soul That saith—Not very far!

I know not if we long must wait The summer of His smile; I only know that hope doth sweep With thrilling touch my heart-strings deep And sings—A little while!

I know not on this glorious theme Why lips so oft are dumb; I only know the saddened earth Will flush with beauty and with mirth At sound of—“Lo, I come!”

—Christian Treasury.