287. 'Tis Not Far Off--The Hour

S.M.
by H.K. Burlingham
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’Tis not far off — the hour
 
When Christ will claim His own!
 
We soon shall hear that voice of power,
 
The Lord Himself shall come!
“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none.” (1 Corinthians 7:29)
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice.” (John 5:28)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16)
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The days are passing by,
 
The years flow on apace,
 
Lord Jesus! Thy return draws nigh,
 
We long to see Thy face.
“For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” (Psalm 90:9-10)
“Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” (James 5:8)
“And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Revelation 22:4)
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Eternal in the heavens,
 
Is our prepared abode — 
 
Radiant and pure, in light divine,
 
The building of our God.
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (2 Corinthians 5:1)
“Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.” (Revelation 21:11)
“And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.” (Revelation 21:18)
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” (Revelation 3:12)
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Rest, Lord, in serving Thee,
 
As none have served below;
 
Oh, through that blest eternity
 
What tides of praise shall flow!
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Come quickly, blessèd Lord!
 
Like exiles here we roam;
 
Fulfill to us Thy gracious word,
 
Lord Jesus, take us home.
“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” (Revelation 22:20)
“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” (John 17:14)
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” (1 Peter 2:11)
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