When will the sighing be over?
When will the groaning be done ?
When will the sorrow and weeping,
And all of earth's trials be gone ?

When will the sinning and failing?
When will the wanderings cease ?
When will the strife and division,
And all roots of bitterness cease ?

When will God's saints be united ?
When will their schisms all cease?
When will their love flow unhindered
In rivers of unruffled peace?

When will the deep "tribulations"
When will "afflictions" be gone?
When will the parting and dying
And sadness and anguish be done?

When will "our hope" be obtained ?
When will "our faith" merge in sight?
When will the living " be changed " ?
And dead saints raised into light ?

When Jesus our Lord shall return,
The things that are not shall then be.
The things that are now shall have vanished
When "caught up" His glory to see.

Then let us keep "watching" and "praying,"
And " waiting" that glory to share, "
Be steadfast" whilst on earth staying,
For Him we'll soon "meet in the air."

J. W. M.

So. Boston, May 26, 1892.