Advent Thoughts

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Title:     Advent Thoughts
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal [More Titles by Havergal]

'Behold, the Bridegroom cometh!'--MATT. xxv. 6.

O HERALD whisper falling
Upon the passing night,
Mysteriously calling
The Children of the Light!

He cometh; oh, He cometh!
Our own beloved Lord!
This blessed hope up-summeth
Our undeserved reward.

He cometh! Though the hour,
Nor earth nor heaven may know,
Sure is the word of power,
'He cometh!' Even so!

Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh,'--LUKE xxi. 28.

ADVENT shadows gather deep,
Wars and desolations,
Troubled wakings, troubled sleep,
Rushing of the nations.
Advent glory, grand and clear,
Herald flashes flingeth;
And the Judge who draweth near,
Full salvation bringeth.

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Frances Ridley Havergal's poem: Advent Thoughts

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