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BEHOLD HE COMETH

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 20, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 19, No. 25.

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"BEHOLD HE COMETH."

By L. M. Gates

He comes to cheer the fainting heart, To comfort those that mourn, To give the weary remnant rest, Who wait their Lord's return.
He comes, the hope of every saint, Triumphant o'er the grave: He holds the keys of death and hell, Omnipotent to save.
He comes, and his reward he brings To all whose hearts are pure. Who can the scrutinizing gaze, The searching test, endure?
Am I prepared? Have I the gold Which in the fire is tried? The eye-salve too, and raiment white, By Jesus purified?
Most solemn thought! the Judge is near! Fulfilling signs declare He even now is at the doors; O Lord, thy church prepare!
Help us to do thy work and will, Where'er our lot is cast; Henceforth be this our one concern, To stand entire at last.
L. M. Gates. Beaver Dam, Wis.