The Groaning Creation Doth Wait

The groan­ing cre­ation doth wait

Together they tra­vail in pain;

The watch­men who stand in the gate

Are long­ing the morn­ing to gain.

O! when will the Bride­groom ap­pear

His long-wait­ing Bride to re­ceive?

We know that His com­ing is near;

He will not His peo­ple de­ceive.

He waits for His bride to ap­pear

In right­eous­ness ful­ly ar­rayed;

While lack­ing

He can­not draw near —

Make rea­dy

and be not afraid.

The scoff­ers who mock at His word

Must al­so stand ful­ly re­vealed

Ere they can re­ceive their re­ward

Or judg­ment be fin­al­ly sealed.