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HE IS COMING!

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 20, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 13.

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HE IS COMING!

Rejoice, O land of promise, Let Judah now rejoice, And bid her ancient valleys Re-echo back the voice. Let Carmel and Mount Sharon Take up the joyful strain,— Thy King is coming, Zion, In glory soon to reign.
He is coming, he is coming, Though he has tarried long, To bring to thee thy beauty, To give thee back thy song; To robe thy plains with verdure, Richer than days of old, Thy hills to crown with glory, Thy city pave with gold.
He is coming, vale of Sharon, To give to thee thy rose; He is coming, Mount Moriah, To scatter all thy foes. He'll come unto thy temple, Its glory to restore; Thine altars crown with blessing, As when in days of yore.
He'll come to thee, Mount Olive, And on thy summit stand; In him the sons of Jacob Shall yet possess the land; The land by promise given To Abraham of old, When as a stranger driven From his parental fold.
He'll come to thee, O Jordan, He'll cause thy face to shine, Thy banks he'll strew with olives, The orange and the vine. While yet upon the mountains, He'll smile upon thy wave, For to thy sacred waters He came the world to save.
He'll come in all his glory, With him a shining band, To gather all his chosen From every sea and land. Then all the Gentile nations His majesty shall own, While on the hill of Zion He'll reign on David's throne.
He is coming, he is coming, Earth's curse to far remove, To make his saints immortal, To rule the world by love. He is coming, he is coming, And his advent now is near. Thrice hail the blissful morning, Earth's grand Sabbatic year.
—Sel.