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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 596
Look for the Waymarks
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →An Adventist prophetic hymn urging believers to trace the fulfillment of Daniel's four world kingdoms—Assyria, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome—as signposts confirming that Christ's return is near. It reflects the distinctive eschatological emphasis of 19th-century Seventh-day Adventist hymnody.
Verse 1
Look for the way-marks as you journey on,
Look for the way-marks passing one by one;
Down through the ages, past the kingdoms four'
Where are we standing? Look the way-marks o'er.
Refrain
Look for the way-marks, the great prophetic way-marks,
Down through the ages, past the kingdoms four.
Look for the waymarks, the great prophetic way-marks;
The journey's almost o'er.
Verse 2
First, the Assyrian kingdom ruled the world,
Then Medo-Persia's banners were unfurled;
And after Greece held universal sway,
Rome seized the scepter'where are we today?
Refrain
Look for the way-marks, the great prophetic way-marks,
Down through the ages, past the kingdoms four.
Look for the waymarks, the great prophetic way-marks;
The journey's almost o'er.
Verse 3
Down in the feet of iron and of clay,
Weak and divided, soon to pass away;
What will the next great, glorious drama be?
Christ and His coming, and eternity.
Refrain
Look for the way-marks, the great prophetic way-marks,
Down through the ages, past the kingdoms four.
Look for the waymarks, the great prophetic way-marks;
The journey's almost o'er.
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