Flood Time
"Oh, tell me how the nations passed
The day before the flood;
Oh, did they know it was the last?
And did they call on God?
"In merriment their time is spent;
They sing and play, and dance away;
They eat and drink, and little think
They stand on endless ruin's brink.
"Behold just Noah safely ride
Upon the mighty deep;
While all who once God's word defied
Beneath the waters sleep.
"Sudden as that tremendous day,
The Judgment hour will come;
Thousands shall then be swept away,
And meet an awful doom.
"Let me not count these words a dream,
And still refuse to hear;
However far the time may seem,
Each hour it draws more near."
NELLIE F. HEALD