p. 8 | THE COMING KING by Robert Hare

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 7, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 23.

THE COMING KING.

By Robert Hare

BY ROBERT HARE.

I LONG to behold Him descending as King, While seraphs and angels their glad tidings bring; And the bright, shining myriads in rapture all sing, "Unto Him be the glory, Amen!" With splendor descending, The wide heavens bending, And mountains all rending, Forever; Amen!

And O, but to see Him, the dear Son of God, The pierced feet that traveled o'er earth's dreary sod, And the hands once smitten by sin's cruel rod, Descending in glory; Amen! With seraphs attending, In beauty transcending, And anthems ascending, Forever; Amen!

And, then, "face to face;" but to stand in His sight, With star-crowned myriads that breathe in delight Beyond all the shadows of sorrow or night, In the kingdom of glory, Amen! O, joy comprehending! O, rapture extending! O, glory unending! Forever; Amen!

And then, O then, but to look on His face, To taste the joy of His infinite grace; To find in His presence forever a place; Forever and ever; Amen! O, glory impending; No more earth's contending; But song's ceaseless blending; Forever; Amen!

—Australian Signs of the Times.