READY by Margaret J. Preston

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1879

READY

By Margaret J. Preston

I would be ready, Lord, My house in order set, None of the work thou gavest me To do, unfinished yet.

I would be watching, Lord, With lamp well trimmed and clear, Quick to throw open wide the door What time thou drawest near.

I would be waiting, Lord, Because I cannot know If in the night or morning watch, I may be called to go.

I would be working, Lord, Each day, each hour, for thee; Assured that thus I wait thee well, Whene’er thy coming be.

I would be living, Lord, As ever in thine eye; For he who lives the nearest thee Will joy to hail thee nigh.

— Margaret J. Preston.