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Author: F. G. Burroughs Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: My soul for the Saviour is waiting Lyrics: 1 My soul for the Saviour is waiting,— Ah! long has he waited for me; Yea, stood in the night dews unheeded, While I was unmoved by his plea. Then is it to show me his anguish My soul is kept waiting for him? So long have I doubted his mercy, The eyes of my faith became dim. 2 My soul for the Saviour is waiting, In grief I am bowed at his cross; My sins are a burden too heavy, Beneath them I sink in remorse. Oh, is he but waiting to test me, Or is he e’en now at my side? Dear Saviour, I pray thee to enter, The door of my heart opens wide. 3 My soul for the Saviour is waiting,— But truly his word cannot fail; The cry of a penitent sinner Must reach him, and reaching, prevail. Now will I confide in his promise, That coming I am not cast out,— And tho’ I may wait for the vision, His pardon no longer I doubt. Used With Tune: [My soul for the Saviour is waiting]

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[My soul for the Saviour is waiting]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 51343 21565 13565 Used With Text: My Soul is Waiting

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My Soul is Waiting

Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: Joyful Sound #42 (1889) First Line: My soul for the Saviour is waiting Lyrics: 1 My soul for the Saviour is waiting,— Ah! long has he waited for me; Yea, stood in the night dews unheeded, While I was unmoved by his plea. Then is it to show me his anguish My soul is kept waiting for him? So long have I doubted his mercy, The eyes of my faith became dim. 2 My soul for the Saviour is waiting, In grief I am bowed at his cross; My sins are a burden too heavy, Beneath them I sink in remorse. Oh, is he but waiting to test me, Or is he e’en now at my side? Dear Saviour, I pray thee to enter, The door of my heart opens wide. 3 My soul for the Saviour is waiting,— But truly his word cannot fail; The cry of a penitent sinner Must reach him, and reaching, prevail. Now will I confide in his promise, That coming I am not cast out,— And tho’ I may wait for the vision, His pardon no longer I doubt. Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul for the Saviour is waiting]

My Soul is Waiting

Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: Sacred Trio #218 (1889) First Line: My soul for the Saviour is waiting Tune Title: [My soul for the Saviour is waiting]

My soul for the Saviour is waiting

Author: F. G. Burroughs Hymnal: The Sacred Trio #218 (1892) Topics: Repentance

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[My soul for the Saviour is waiting]" in Joyful Sound Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

F. G. Burroughs

1856 - 1949 Author of "My Soul is Waiting" in Joyful Sound F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921