BUT WHO SHALL SEE.
(AIR.—STEVENSON.)
But who shall see the glorious day
When, throned on Zion's brow,
The LORD shall rend that veil away
Which hides the nations now?[1]
When earth no more beneath the fear
Of this rebuke shall lie;[2]
When pain shall cease, and every tear
Be wiped from every eye.[3]
Then, Judah, thou no more shall mourn
Beneath the heathen's chain;
Thy days of splendor shall return,
And all be new again.[4]
The Fount of Life shall then be quaft
In peace, by all who come;[5]
And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home.
[1] "And he will destroy, in this mountain, the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations."—Isaiah, xxv. 7.
[2] "The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth."—Isaiah, xxv. 8.
[3] "And GOD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; neither shall there be any more pain."—Rev. xxi:4.
[4] "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."—Rev. xxi. 5.
[5] "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."—Rev. xxii. 17.