THE DAY OF GOD IS FAST APPROACHING.
By F. A. Lorenz
MANY signs are indicating
That the Day of God is near.
Are you ready, yearning, waiting,
Praying that He may appear?
Restless like a mighty ocean
Are the nations of to-day,
War and strife with great commotion
Constitute the sad display. Whirlwinds cause despairing terror
Through their devastating force,
And mankind, wrapped up in error,
Void of heaven's intercourse,
Grope in darkness worse confounded,
Doomed, outside of safety's tow'r,
In God's truth they are not grounded,
Nor are trusting in His power. Here is chaos, dire confusion,
Such as seers of God foretold,
Haunts of latter-day delusion,
Babylon, the tempter's fold;
Boisterous, like a roaring thunder,
Or yet silent at the hearth,
Satan's force with lying wonder
Sweeping swiftly through the earth. Millions glide along in slumber,
Drifting downward unawares,
While our foe seeks to encumber
Every mind with worldly cares.
Rearing from earth's wisdom's tables,
Where but foolishness holds sway,
Cunningly-devised fables
Lead the multitudes astray. Brethren work, while time is lasting,
Push with might the Lord's campaign;
Hasten on with prayer and fasting,
Each one in his own domain.
God's resource is not depleted,
He has great supplies in store;
But the laborers are needed,
Needed now as ne'er before.