THE MAIDEN ON THE SHORE
from the book "The Apocalypse"
We picture a maiden whose lover left her for a voyage,
promising on His return to make her His beloved bride.
Many told her
that she would never see Him again. But she believed His word. And evening by
evening, she went down to the lonely shore, to hail and welcome the returning
ship which was to bring again her betrothed And by that watchfire she took her
stand each night, praying that the winds would hasten on the sluggish
sails...... that He, who was everything to her, might come.
Even so,
our Blessed Lord, Who has loved us unto death has gone away to the Holy Land of
Heaven, promising on His return to make us His happy and eternal Bride. Some
say that He is gone forever, and that here we shall see Him no more. But His
last word was, "Yea, I come quickly".
And on the dark and misty beach
sloping out into the eternal sea, each true believer stands by the love-lit
fire, looking, and waiting, and praying and hoping for the fulfillment of His
word; and calling ever from the soul of sacred love, "Even so, come Lord
Jesus."
And one of these nights, while the world is busy with its gay
frivolities, And laughing at the maiden on the shore, a Form shall rise over
the surging waves, as once on Galilee, to vindicate forever all this watching
and devotion, and bring to the faithful and constant heart a Joy, and Glory,
and Love unsurpassed. "
J.A. Seiss