285. C. M. Milton.

The Kingdom of God on Earth.

1The Lord will come, and not be slow;

His footsteps cannot err;

Before him righteousness shall go,

His royal harbinger.

2The nations all whom thou hast made

Shall come, and all shall frame

To bow them low before thee, Lord,

And glorify thy name.

3Truth from the earth, like to a flower,

Shall bud and blossom then,

And Justice, from her heavenly bower,

Look down on mortal men.

4Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God,

Thee honor and adore

With my whole heart, and blaze abroad

Thy name for evermore.

5For great thou art, and wonders great

By thy strong hand are done:

Thou, in thy everlasting seat,

Remainest God alone.