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WAITING HEARTS

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 1.

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WAITING HEARTS.

HARK! a strain of thrilling music, Floating on the air Like a distant trumpet echo, Greets my listening ear. Christian, can thy soul interpret What that music saith to thee? Listen: “Lo, the Bridegroom cometh! Trim thy lamp and watchful be.”
Look! A faint and far-off glimmer From the quiet stars, Falls within a cheerless dungeon, Through the prison bars. Christian, canst thou read the message Penciled by those lines of light? Christ, the morning star, is rising, Soon he'll come to end thy night.”
List! a sound of “freedom” ringing In a captive's ear! Quick his fetters fall asunder— His deliverer's near! Christian, can thy heart responsive Answer, with exulting tone, To the Saviour's “I come quickly,” “Even so, Lord Jesus, come”?
Sound in ears benumbed and heavy Jesus' dying love; Point sad eyes grown dim with weeping, To the heavens above. Show them how the crimson glory Deepens o'er the eastern hills; Bid them listen to the sounding Of Christ's coming chariot wheels. —Sel.