Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The Sign of the Son of Man |
By Vida D. Scudder |
(Professor at Wellesley College, Mass.; born 1861) |
| | | THY Kingdom, Lord, we long for, | |
| Where love shall find its own; | |
| And brotherhood triumphant | |
| Our years of pride disown. | |
| Thy captive people languish | 5 |
| In mill and mart and mine; | |
| We lift to Thee their anguish, | |
| We wait Thy promised Sign! | |
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| Thy Kingdom, Lord, Thy Kingdom! | |
| All secretly it grows; | 10 |
| In faithful hearts forever | |
| His seed the Sower sows; | |
| Yet ere its consummation | |
| Must dawn a mighty doom; | |
| For judgment and salvation | 15 |
| The Son of Man shall come. | |
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| If now perchance in tumult | |
| His destined Sign appear,— | |
| The rising of the people,— | |
| Dispel our coward fear! | 20 |
| Let comforts that we cherish, | |
| Let old traditions die, | |
| Our wealth, our wisdom perish, | |
| So that He draw but nigh! | | | | |
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