p. 1 | COMING TO ZION, by Uriah Smith

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 26, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 9

COMING TO ZION,

By Uriah Smith

“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isa. 35:10.

Soon shall we come to Zion, Come with glad shout and song; Come to the thrilling rapture Of a just-ransomed throng. Sorrows forever vanish, Sighing is heard no more, Trouble can cast no shadow Upon that radiant shore.

What if the way be thorny, And the dull sky overcast? Soon shall we pass the shadows; It will be “Heaven at last”— Heaven beyond our dreaming, Joys all unthought before— And this our greatest wonder, We had not prized them more.

Then oh! eternal glory For ills so few and light; Then oh! unending sunshine For this our one brief night. Then will all thoughts of trials Drift off beyond recall; One plunge in Heaven’s glory Will bury and banish all.

U. S.