The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#814

814. Come, Lord, and tarry not

1 Come, Lord, and tarry not;
Bring the long-looked-for day;
O why these years of waiting here?
O why this long delay?

2 Come, for creation groans,
Impatient of thy stay;
Worn out by these long years of ill,
These ages of delay.

3 Come, for the corn is ripe!
Put in thy sickle now;
Reap the great harvest of the earth;
Sower and reaper thou.

4 Come, spoil the strong man's house,
Bind him and cast him hence;
Show thyself stronger than the strong,
Thyself Omnipotence.

5 Come, and begin thy reign
Of everlasting peace;
Come, take the kingdom to thyself,
Great King of righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Lord, and tarry not
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Waiting for Christ: Closing Work
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: LEIGHTON
• Composer: Henery W. Greatorex
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #810, 89, or 732.