Poem by Lucy Larcom

Thy Kingdom Come

SOMETIMES a vision comes to me
Of what Thy world was meant to be;
Thy beauty all things shining through,
Thy love in all the works we do.

I shade my spirit's dazzled sight
Before the splendor of that light:
Earth crowned with heaven's pure diadem,
The Bride, the new Jerusalem!

For this alone didst Thou descend,
O Son of God, man's glorious Friend,
From Thy dear Father's throne of bliss; —
That human life might be as His.

Thy Kingdom come, our souls within!
Where Thou art, is no room for sin:
Oh. show us what our lives may be,
Led home to Him, by following Thee!

1. Mistress Hale of Beverly
2. Climbing to Rest
3. Show Me Thy Way
4. “In Remembrance of Me“
5. In Sorrow

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