Signs of the Times by Delwin Rees Buckner

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 17, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 49.

Signs of the Times

By Delwin Rees Buckner

My heavy heart would fill with fatal fear When I peruse the daily's lurid lines, Did not I know that they are only signs Our Lord's appearing now is drawing near. Within the streets they strike the startled ear Like bursting bombs or loud exploding mines; And even at the table, when one dines, Before the plate these flaring words appear: A RIVER CARRIES RUIN EVERYWHERE; IN PLACE OF BREAD, DIRE FAMINE GIVES A ROCK; A CYCLONE SUCKS UP ALL WITHIN ITS PATH; A PESTILENTIAL FEVER TAINTS THE AIR; PROUD CITIES LEVELED BY AN EARTH- QUAKE SHOCK; THE NERVOUS NATIONS HISS AND WRITHE IN WRATH.

Clara, Argentina.