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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1858

PATIENTLY WAITING.

By Cornelia Rice

Jesus of Nazareth, when wilt thou come? When wilt thou, when wilt thou, gather us home? Now we are scattered, and tempted, and tried; When wilt thou come, O thou once Crucified?

Now we are waiting and watching to see The King in his beauty. O when shall it be? Now we are waiting with patience and hope, While earth with iniquity filleth her cup.

Now we are waiting man's dragon-like wrath, When he shall sentence the remnant to death; The mutterings of vengeance we a'ready hear; Falling distinct on the listening ear.

It speaks of the day of redemption at hand, When on Mount Zion the remnant shall stand With the mark of the beast from their foreheads erased, Where the seal of Jehovah in glory is placed.

Now we are waiting the day of his wrath, We know that it lies in the conqueror's path; Now we are waiting the triumph to come; We wait for the angels to gather us home.

Patiently waiting, is all we can say, Patiently waiting to hail the bright day; Keeping our souls, while in patience we wait, To see the fair city and enter its gate.

Cornelia Rice.

Folsomdale, N. Y.