Inspirational Poems

The Morning Cometh

“A better day is coming, a morning promised long,

When truth and right, with holy might, shall overthrow the wrong;

When Christ the Lord will listen to every plaintive sigh,

And stretch his hand o’er sea and land, with justice, by and by.

“The boast of haughty tyrants no more shall fill the air,

But aged and youth shall love the truth and speed it everywhere.

No more from want and sorrow shall come the hopeless cry,

But war shall cease, and perfect peace will flourish by and by.

”The tidal wave is coming, the year of jubilee;

With shout and song it sweeps along, like billows of the sea.

The jubilee of nations shall ring through earth and sky.

The dawn of grace draws on apace—‘tis coming by and by.

“O! for that glorious dawning we watch and wait and pray,

Till o’er the height the morning light shall drive the gloom away;

And when the heavenly glory shall flood the earth and sky,

We’ll bless the Lord for all his works and praise him by and by.”

From THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON, p. 384. Matthew 6:10; Revelation 21:4, 5

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl.

One was an optimistic soul.

The other took the gloomy view:

“We’ll drown,” he cried, without more ado;

So, with a last despairing cry

He flung up his legs and said “Good-by.”

Said the other frog with a plucky grin,

“I can’t get out, but I won’t give in;

I’ll just swim around till my strength is spent,

Then I can die with more content.”

Bravely he swam till it would seem

His struggles began to churn the cream.

At last on top of the butter he stopped

And out of the bowl he gladly hopped.

What of the moral? ‘Tis easily found—

When you can’t get out keep swimming around.

From POEMS OF DAWN, p. 294.