THE COMING KING by Mrs. C. M. Pym

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 13, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 18.

THE COMING KING.

By Mrs. C. M. Pym

[From a hymn, "Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," written by Mrs. C. M. Pym, based on 1 Cor. 1:7.]

"COMING!" Oh, the bliss and gladness bound up in that blessed word. Coming! and our eyes shall see Him—Him our own beloved Lord. Coming! how our hearts leap upward, with a joy no words can say! Coming! so we watch and wonder, hour by hour and day by day.

Coming! then shall his dominion reach from distant sea to sea; From the river to earth's ending shall his glorious kingdom be; Then the foes of Christ be vanquished, truth and righteousness shall reign. Over all the earth triumphant; joy shall follow in his train.

Coming! but to those that scorn him, those that now dispute his right, What shall be their awful portion when he cometh in his might? Fire and sword, and flaming vengeance, showering on them from above. Oh, while yet that time remaineth, seek his face and plead his love.

He is lingering yet a moment, that before it be too late You may find his pardoning mercy ere forever sealed your fate. Coming! yes, it still is "coming," but how soon it may be "come"! Then the shout of "Christ triumphant!" then the glorious "Welcome home!"