The Dawning of a New Day by Delwin Rees Buckner

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 26, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 29.

The Dawning of a New Day

By Delwin Rees Buckner

THE meadow-lark sings from some tuft of grass, And from his perch the wakened rooster crows; For in the east the sun in glory glows, But toward the west Night's train of crape doth pass.

The happy lambs frisk in the morning air, But beasts that prowl at night — as in a cage — Are gone; the wolf hides off amongst the sage; The mountain-lion sleeps within his lair.

The glory of the rising sun, a type Is of the coming Sun of Righteousness Whom WE expect to hail with loud acclaim; But men in wickedness and sin full ripe, Before that One they hated to confess, Will flee with an eternal, endless shame.

Ambato, Ecuador.