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THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN,

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 28, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 10.

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THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN,

It will be order then! Under the scepter of a holy King, Each creature, low and high, angels and men, To the great concord sweetly ministering. Self-will unknown, true harmony restored, Happy obedience to the righteous Lord; The multitude of wills all lost in one— The will that rules from the eternal throne. Disorders, strifes, confusions, groans, and cries, Then ended in the endless harmonies! O age of order, how we long for thee In these chaotic days of dark perplexity!
It will be freedom then! True freedom such as nations never saw, Even at their freest, in the days of old— The freedom of submission to sure law; Freedom from self and sin, and lust and gold; Subjection to the truth, which maketh free; Surrender of the intellect and soul To a divine and sweet captivity. O age of freedom! how we long for thee In these proud, self-will'd days of spurious liberty!
It will be morning then! Morn of the long, long looked-for golden day; Pure summer sunlight, dropping only health, And never-shaded joy, without one ray Of poisonous bitterness to scorch or sear: But calling up creation's boundless wealth And beauty bright through all the eternal year, The old, sad night forever passed away. O morn of love, when, when wilt thou appear? —Prophetic Times.