Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope

Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 31 hymnals

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Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope,
And let His word support your souls;
Well can He bear your courage up,
And all your foes and fears control.

He waits His own well-chosen hour
The intended mercy to display;
And His paternal pities move,
While wisdom dictates the delay.

Blest are the humble souls that wait
With sweet submission to His will;
Harmonious all their passions move,
And in the midst of storms are still;—

Still, till their Father’s well-known voice
Wakens their silence into songs;
Then earth grows vocal with His praise,
And heaven the grateful shout prolongs.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #529

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Doddridge, Philip, D.D., was born in London, June 26, 1702. His grandfather was one of the ministers under the Commonwealth, who were ejected in 1662. His father was a London oilman. He was offered by the Duchess of Bedford an University training for ordination in the Church of England, but declined it. He entered Mr. Jennings's non-conformist seminary at Kibworth instead; preached his first sermon at Hinckley, to which Mr. Jennings had removed his academy. In 1723 he was chosen pastor at Kibworth. In 1725 he changed his residence to Market Harborough, still ministering at Kibworth. The settled work of his life as a preceptor and divine began in 1729, with his appointment to the Castle Hill Meeting at Northampton, and continued till in the… Go to person page >

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Author: Philip Doddridge
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Instances (31)TextImageAudioScore
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #529Image
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #529Text
A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #302Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #338Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XCIXImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XCIXImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #363Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #363Image
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d771
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #229Image
Hymns for Public Worship #300Image
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #242Image
Hymns for the Sanctuary #467Image
Hymns of the Spirit #542Image
Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d452
Songs of Pilgrimage: a hymnal for the churches of Christ (2nd ed.) #1527Image
The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #95aImage
The Christian Psalmist: being a collection of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs compiled from the most approved authors, and designed as a standard hymn book for public and social worship #385Image
The Christian Psalter #d609
The Harp #615Image
The Jubilee Harp: a choice selection of psalmody, ancient and modern, designed for use in public and social worship #29Image
The Millennial Harp #d246
The Millennial Harp #d493
The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #100Image
The Union Harp #29Image
Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d467
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