Sure Word of Prophecy by Max Hill

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 8, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 19.

"Sure Word of Prophecy."

By Max Hill

'Tis not a fable cunningly devised, 'Tis not a dream by shallow mind surmised, 'Tis not a tale that babbling lips repeat, 'Tis not a story told where idlers meet; They testified who saw their Saviour's face, Who shared his wanderings from place to place, Who saw His works, His miracles of love, Who heard the Father's voice from heaven above, As blinding glory crowned the Holy One, Declaring, "This is My beloved Son."

This much they saw, this much they felt and heard, And testified of Him they knew, the Word; Yet more than sense of hearing, touch, or sight Of faithful men whose love would but indite A record sure and true of Him whom they Had learned to love and follow and obey, An evidence more strong, as of a light That shineth in the darkness of the night, Than which naught else more surely true can be, 'Tis God's own true sure word of prophecy.

Not by the word of man the message came, Not for the praise of men or earthly fame, Not for a selfish end or human pride; But fearlessly, vain glory cast aside, The prophets spake in burning words and bold, The page of future history foretold, The course of time, the awful judgment hour, The coming Saviour, heralded with power; Nor quailed tho threatened by the foe's mad host, But spake God's word, moved by the Holy Ghost. Max Hill.