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The Righter of Wrongs

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 24, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 40.

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The Righter of Wrongs.

Lo! where are God's judgments for sinning, And what are the wages for shame? She is pampered with gold and fine linen, She hath laughter and joy at beginning, And afterward riches and fame. By my vengeance that never knows sleeping, By the terrible wrath of my rod, I will bring down her beauty with weeping, Saith the Lord God.
She is fair as the earth after showers, When the spring and the summer first meet; She is queen of all seasons and hours, She is crowned with a crown of glad flowers, And princes have knelt at her feet. With tears and sharp anguish hereafter Shall my wine-press of anger be trod, When for glory she reaps scorn and laughter. Saith the Lord God,
One is walking, and no man doth heed her, In the silent by-ways of the earth; She is hungry, yet no man doth feed her; She is weary, yet no man doth lead her; She is small and accounted no worth. She is walking with weeping and fasting, In the same weary way that He trod. I will crown her with joy everlasting, Saith the Lord God.
The world and its pleasures turn from her, And no man shall weep when she dies; She lacks glory, and worship and honor, No beauty hath God placed upon her. To kindle the light in men's eyes. Look up, all the bonds will I sever, That bound thee so close to the sod, Thou shalt rest in my bosom forever, Saith the Lord God. -Sel.