A Little While by J. A. Powers

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 8, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 31.

A Little While

By J. A. Powers

The cities of the nations will fall, In a little while from now; And men on the rocks and hills will call, In a little while from now; But alas for the world when its kings bow in prayer, And the sun is as black as a sackcloth of hair, And mercy has left men to hopeless de- spair, In a little while from now.

The Flood will be fresh in men's memories again, In a little while from now; And they'll know why the wicked at Sodom were slain, In a little while from now; And the scoffers that mock in derision to- day, Will cry out in terror and wildest dismay When in vain to the rocks and the moun- tains they pray, In a little while from now.

The God that has warned men for six thou- sand years, In a little while from now Will have gathered His chosen and counted their tears— In a little while from now; And the scoffers that mocked when His chosen were slain, Will find their self-righteous traditions were vain; The sepulchres whited will open again, In a little while from now.

So, on, ye bold scoffers! Make fun while you can! In a little while from now, You'll stand face to face with the dear Son of Man— In a little while from now. But He'll not be the Saviour and Advocate then, As for six thousand years He has lovingly been, But the glorified Judge of a lost race of men, In a little while from now.

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