JOHN THE BAPTIST | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 46.

JOHN THE BAPTIST.

THE prophet of prophets for ages foretold— A rebuker of people, a rebuker of kings; He speaks—on his lips burns the coal A flame from the altar, the voice of the soul; Ho! leaders of Israel, blind guides of the blind, With madness before you, and vengeance behind, Repent, for the time of Messiah is nigh; For the fire shall glow o'er your city of woe, And the ax at the root of your grandeur shall lie.

Ye sons of the hypocrites, howl in despair; Ye kindred of spoil, in its doom ye shall share. He stoops from his throne, and is mighty to save; The prisoner of death, yet the Lord of the grave! The King of all kings as a slave shall expire, But his words shall be spirit, and his baptism, fire. —Selected.