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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 23, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 12.

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NEW AND OLD.

By Bonar

That which hath been is now; The now repeats the long ago. 'Twas the old sun of paradise, Unchanged, we saw this morning rise, In all its ancient glow.
And that which is to be, On earth it hath already been; The future will repeat the past, And as the first shall be the last— Ages of sin between.
The loathsome, fatal sin Of man, it hath been long ago; Sin's penalty of death and pain Has held earth in its iron chain For ages dark of woe.
The wondrous love of God To man, it hath been long ago; It is, and it shall be, revealed, Though long in mystery concealed; Earth with that love shall glow.
The paradise of God Hath been, and yet again shall be In beauty on this famished earth, When at creation's second birth, Death and the curse shall flee.
Once the first Adam reigned Ere earth had known the deadly stain; Soon the last Adam shall appear, And with his church in glory here Begin the holy reign. —Bonar.