Like sunshine from the Glory Land,
There comes across the sea
A message from the Bridegroom’s heart,
“My Bride, I died for Thee.
“For thee I left My Father’s home,
Where all is joy and light;
For thee I bore God’s judgment sore,
Thro’ Calvary’s awful night.
Love brought Me down; My blood was shed
And, lull atonement made;
To cleanse thee from thy guilt and sin,
The ransom price I paid.
“Thro’ sufferings that no tongue can tell,
And rage of godless men,
To win thee as ‘the pearl of price’
To grace My diadem.
“‘A little while,’ twill not be long;
Ere dawns the break of day;
‘ I quickly come’... ‘Arise, My Love;
My Fair One, come away—'
“My joy can ne’er be full till thou
Art seated at My side —
And, shining in Mine image bright,
We both are satisfied.”