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How long, O Lord our Saviour

Author: Anon. Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord our Saviour, Wilt thou remain away? Our hearts are growing weary Of thy so long delay. O when shall come the moment, When, brighter far than morn, The sunshine of thy glory Shall on thy people dawn? 2 How long, O gracious Master, Wilt thou thy household leave? So long hast thou now tarried, Few thy return believe. Immersed in sloth and folly, Thy servants, Lord, we see; And few of us stand ready With joy to welcome thee. 3 O, wake thy slumbering people; Send forth the solemn cry; Let all the saints repeat it, "The Saviour draweth nigh!" May all our lamps be burning, Our loins well girded be, Each longing heart preparing With joy thy face to see. Used With Tune: WEBB

I long to behold him arrayed

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 127 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 I long to behold him arrayed With glory and light from above; The King in his beauty displayed, His beauty of holiest love: I languish, and sigh to be there, Where Jesus hath fixed his abode; O, when shall we meet in the air, And fly to the mountain of God? 2 With him, I on Zion shall stand, For Jesus has spoken the word; The breadth of Immanuel's land, Survey, by the side of my Lord. But when, on thy bosom reclined, Thy face I am strengthened to see, My fullness of rapture I find, My heaven of heavens, in thee. 3 How happy the people whose home Is found in the city of God! As pilgrims no more they shall roam, Nor travel a dangerous road. Physician divine, unto me Thy soul-healing blessing now give, And keep me while waiting for thee, And then to that city receive. Used With Tune: CONTRAST

In the sun, and moon, and stars

Author: Reginald Heber Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 In the sun, and moon, and stars, Signs and wonders have appeared; Earth has groaned with bloody wars, And the hearts of men have feared. 2 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep, Tossed with stronger tempests, rise; Darker storms the mountains sweep, Fiercer lightnings rend the skies. 3 Dread alarms shall shake the proud, Pale amazement, restless fear; And amid the thunder cloud Shall the Judge of men appear. 4 But, though from his awful face, Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly, Fear not ye, his chosen race, Your redemption draweth nigh. Used With Tune: PLEYEL

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 90 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus, Partners in his patience here; Christ, to all believers precious, Lord of lords shall soon appear. Mark the tokens Of his heavenly kingdom near. 2 Yes, the prize shall soon be given; We his open face shall see; Love, the earnest of our heaven, Love our full reward shall be; Love shall crown us Kings through all eternity. Used With Tune: ZION

Light of those whose dreary dwelling

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 359 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Light of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death, Come, and by thyself revealing, Dissipate the clouds beneath. Thou, new heaven and earth's Creator, In our deepest darkness rise; Scattering all the night of nature, Pouring day up-on our eyes. 2 Still we wait for thy appearing; Life and joy thy beams impart, Chasing all our fears, and cheering Every poor benighted heart. Come, extend thy wonted favor To our ruined, guilty race; Come, thou blest, exalted Saviour! Come, apply thy saving grace. 3 By thine all-atoning merit Every burdened soul release; By the teachings of thy Spirit Guide us into perfect peace; So shall we, at thine appearing, Wait thy smiling face to see; So, the joyful summons hearing, Enter into rest with thee. Used With Tune: LOVE DIVINE

O for the robes of whiteness!

Author: C. L. Smith Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 O for the robes of whiteness! O for the tearless eyes! O for the glorious brightness Of the unclouded skies! O for the no more weeping, Within that land of love, The endless joy of keeping The bridal feast above! 2 O for the bliss of flying, My risen Lord to meet! O for the rest of lying Forever at his feet! O for the hour of seeing My Saviour face to face! The hope of ever being In that sweet meeting-place! 3 Jesus, thou King of Glory, I soon shall dwell with thee; I soon shall sing the story Of thy great love to me: Meanwhile, my thoughts shall enter E'en now before thy throne, That all my love may center In thee, and thee alone. Used With Tune: WEBB

O land of rest, for thee I sigh

Author: Elizabeth Mills Appears in 648 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 O land of rest, for thee I sigh; When will the moment come When I shall lay my armor by, And dwell with Christ at home? 2 No tranquil joys on earth I know, No peaceful, sheltering dome; This world's a wilderness of woe, This world is not my home. 3 To Jesus Christ I sought for rest; He bade me cease to roam, And fly for succor to his breast, And he'd conduct me home. 4 When by affliction sharply tried, Faith tells of scenes to come, Those endless joys prepared above, And then I sigh for home. 5 Weary of wandering round and round This vale of sin and gloom, I long to leave the unhallowed ground, And dwell with Christ at home. Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

On the mountain's top appearing

Author: Thomas Kelly Appears in 607 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 On the mountain's top appearing, Lo! the sacred herald stands, Welcome news to Zion bearing Zion long in hostile lands: Mourning captive! Mourning captive! God himself shall loose thy bands. 2 Has thy night been long and mournful? Have thy friends unfaithful proved? Have thy foes been proud and scornful? By thy sighs and tears unmoved? Cease thy mourning; Zion still is well beloved. 3 God, thy God, will now restore thee; He himself appears thy Friend; All thy foes shall flee before thee; Here their boasts and triumphs end: Great deliverance Zion's King will surely send. Used With Tune: TAMWORTH

Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings

Author: Robert Seagrave Appears in 813 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things Toward heaven, thy native place. Sun, and moon, and stars decay; Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun; Both speed them to their source: So a soul that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 3 Cease, my soul, O cease to mourn! Press onward to the prize; Soon thy Saviour will return To take thee to the skies: There is everlasting peace, Rest, enduring rest in heaven; There will sorrow ever cease, And crowns of joy be given. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Sweet rivers of redeeming love

Author: Anon. Appears in 114 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Sweet rivers of redeeming love I see before me lie; Had I the pinions of a dove, I'd to those rivers fly. 2 I'd rise superior to my pain, With joy outstrip the wind; I'd cross bold Jordan's stormy main, And leave the world behind. 3 A few more days, or years at most, My troubles will be o'er; I hope to join the heavenly host On Canaan's happy shore. 4 My rapturous soul shall drink and feast In love's unbounded sea: The glorious hope of endless rest Is ravishing to me. 5 O, come, my Saviour, come away, And bear me to the sky! Nor let thy chariot wheels delay; Make haste and bring it nigh. 6 I long to see thy glorious face, And in thine image shine; To triumph in victorious grace, And be forever thine. Used With Tune: LAND OF REST