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And is the time approaching?

An entry on Jane Borthwick's poem on the anticipation of heaven.

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Composed by Jane Borthwick in eight stanzas of four lines, this piece appeared in her volume Thoughtful Hours (1859) under the heading "Anticipations." While it saw little congregational use in Great Britain, it was adopted into several American hymnals.

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