"Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him." Rev. 1:7.
Say! O, hast thou heard the warning
Note which thro' the world is sounding?
Jesus Christ, the Lord, is coming!
He who once was crucified.
Coming, not in grace, but judgment,—
Coming, as a King—in glory,
And to judge the world in justice,
He who once for sinners died.
O, make haste! and fly for mercy!
While He waits a little longer,
Own thy sins, and cease thy tarrying,
Or 'twill quickly be too late!
Christ is coming! quickly, surely;
Will thy heart rejoice to see Him?
If thou'st found in Him a Savior,
Happy then will be thy state.
But if still thy hand is grasping
Earth's poor, empty, fading trifles,
And thy heart intent on gath'ring
All it offers of its store;
O, how sad—how dread the waking,
When the Judge begins his reckoning,
When to light He brings all thy ways,
And thy treasures are no more!
Will it profit thee, thy toiling
Then,—thy life of hurrying, worrying,
And forgetful of the Giver,
All thy days absorbed in strife?
Stop! O, stop! for Christ is coming!
Yea, in spite of scoffs and sneering,
He is coming, and to judgment,
He will ask thee of thy life.
O, it is no idle fable,
But is just as true, as certain,
As that Jesus died for sinners,
Nineteen hundred years ago.
"As 'twas in the days of Noah,"—
"As the days of Lot in Sodom,"
"So" the Son of Man's appearing
To a world of sin and woe.
Haste O, haste! for time is speeding;
Long and patiently He's waited,
That repenting sinners might have
Life eternal through His name.
Now, before that dread day's dawning
Breaks, a Savior bids thee welcome,—
Even in these last and fleeting
Moments ere He comes again.
"And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, `Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?'" Rev. 6:15-17.