“LONG ENOUGH” (Deuteronomy 1: 6; 2: 3)

D. R. Freeman

“Long enough”—the word has sounded!

Desert days will soon be done;

Christ will take His loved ones homeward

To the rest that He has won.

No more wandering and thirsting;

All earth’s lessons will be o’er;

We shall taste those springs eternal

In His presence evermore.

“Long enough” we’ve wandered homeless

As upon a foreign land;

Howling winds have oft blown o’er us;

Nought could take us from His hand,

But the journey soon is ending;

Christ in glory will appear;

God will make our toil forgotten,

Wipe away then every tear.

“Long enough”—the skies are opening;

Christ descends to meet His own.

We no more are backward looking,

But ahead to glory’s crown.

In a moment, changed, we’ll enter

On that blissful, endless day;

Christ for us is coming quickly,

And His church ‘Amen’ doth say.

Victoria, B.C.