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Desire for Christ

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Aug 21, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 34.

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Desire for Christ

By L. D. Santee

WITH longing heart I look to the skies, Which shall sometime flame in glory; And I think of the sweet and the glad surprise, As I read the wondrous story Of the second coming of Christ sublime, And the endless life to be given When we shall exchange the woes of time For the joy and the bliss of heaven.
The hands of earth make not the chords That thrill with the hopes of heaven; And worldly hearts are cold and hard, Nor rejoice in the promises given; And worldly hopes all center here, In the land of the sick and dying, While mine reach up to that home so dear, Where is known no death nor crying.
I think of Christ, who will come again, The desire of all the ages. His coming inspired the prophet's pen, And shines from the sacred pages. And smiles have beamed on the care-worn face As the lips have told the story That Christ, with his love and tender grace, Would come in his Father's glory.
He'll come with his shining angel host, Arrayed in wondrous brightness; Come to redeem the loved and lost, And clothe them in robes of whiteness; Come to provide a robe and crown, Where friendship ne'er shall sever. The garments of earth have the saints laid down, To enjoy the rest forever. Moline, Ill.