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AS MOMENTS PASS THE KINGDOM NEARS

Men may sorrow in distress,
Sin-cursed, blind and weary,
Death may rule supreme today—
All things may look dreary:
Make haste, O time; speed on, ye years!
As moments pass, the Kingdom nears.

Saints may “groan within” and suffer
Outward shame, distress, defeat;
Trouble may test faith and patience—
Fiery trials, “furnace heat”:
But stop your sighing, dry your tears;
As moments pass, the Kingdom nears.

Men for earth and saints for Heaven;
God’s decree will surely stand.
Shout for joy, give God the glory!
Safe deliverance is at hand.
Ah, no more doubtings, no more fears,
As moments pass, the Kingdom nears.

J. G. KUEHN.

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— October 15, 1915 —