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THE WAITING-TIME

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 16, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 3.

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THE WAITING-TIME.

By Charles H. Gabriel

THE King and the kingdom are coming, Tho long has the waiting-time seemed; And oft to the eye of the watcher, A light in the distance has gleamed, But only to go out in darkness, And leave the heart sad as before, Be patient a little while longer, The waiting-time will soon be o'er.
The crown is a thing of the future, The glory will yet be revealed; The royal gift has not gone by thee, Nor Jesus His promise repealed, Be faithful a little while longer; The night must give place to the day; The King and the kingdom are coming, And for their arrival we pray.
Our prayer is the prayer of the ages, Which Jesus Himself taught to men; And thus He is pledged to performance, Without telling all about when. So, praying, and hoping, and working, In faith to each other we cry: "The King and the kingdom are coming! Keep heart, for the Lord draweth nigh." —Charles H. Gabriel.