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THE LORD AT HAND

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 8, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 7.

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THE LORD AT HAND.

Could Christians watch ten thousand years Before their Lord himself appears, Yet, as he then shall come at last, 'Twere wise, through all such ages past, T' have watch'd and waited and have borne The scoffer's jest, the worldling's scorn. But those who watch not in the day Will surely sleep the night away.
Lord, make me at all hours awake, And, self denied, thy cross to take, Robed for thy nuptial feast in white, With lamp in hand and burning bright; Nor lack of precious oil be mine When the loud cry, “Arise and shine!” Proclaims thee come in bridal state, And when preparing is too late!
—From the German.