The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7095

7095. Waiting

1. Only waiting till the shadows
Are a little longer grown;
Only waiting till the glimmer
Of the day’s last beam is flown;
Till the night of death is faded
From the heart once full of day;
Till the stars of heav’n are breaking
Thro’ the twilight soft and gray.

2. Only waiting till the reapers
Have the last sheaf gathered home;
For the summertime has faded
And the autumn winds have come.
Quickly, reapers! gather quickly,
All the ripe hours of my heart;
For the bloom of life has withered,
And I hasten to depart.

3. Only waiting till the angels
Open wide the pearly gate,
At whose portals long I’ve lingered
Weary, poor and desolate:
Even now I hear their footsteps,
And their voices far away;
If they call me, I am waiting,
Only waiting to obey.

4. Waiting for a brighter dwelling
Than I ever yet have seen,
Where the tree of life is blooming,
And the fields are ever green:
Waiting for my full redemption,
When my Savior shall restore,
All that sin has caused to wither;
Age and sorrow come no more.

Text Information

• First Line: Only waiting till the shadows
• Title: Waiting
• Author: Frances L. Mace (ca. 1854)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Waterville, Maine, Mail, circa 1854
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MACE
• Composer: Ira David Sankey (1879)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Incipit: 54511 21235 56531
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain