HEAR, HEAR, O EARTH! by Uriah Smith

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 16, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 50.

HEAR, HEAR, O EARTH!

By Uriah Smith

(By the late Uriah Smith.)

"O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord." Jer. 22:29.

O earth, earth, earth, low sunk in sin and sorrow! Tears are the birthright of thy dying men; All hearts are aching for that happy morrow When righteousness and peace shall reign again.

That day will come; for He who rules in heaven, Whose word created, and whose power upholds, Has not His work to utter ruin given, But still His creatures with His love enfolds.

One Name alone reveals a door of hope; One lingering moment for escape remains. O earth, no longer in thy darkness grope! O sinner, break the bondage of thy chains!

The great Refiner's fire, who may abide? Before His lightning presence, who may stand? And yet His name's a tower in which to hide, And righteousness beams from His pierced hand.

O earth, earth, hear the summons of thy Lord! The crisis for eternity is near; 'Tis God that speaks; and ne'er canst thou afford The hopeless fate of those who will not hear— Who insult God, His tender call who spurn, Till break from heaven the words, in thunder tone, "'Tis done!" Ah, then all faces black will turn— A guilty, speechless world before the throne!