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O land of rest, for thee I sigh
Author: Elizabeth Mills Appears in 622 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
O land of rest, for thee I sigh
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
Author: Robert Seagrave Appears in 808 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
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Author: Anon. Appears in 110 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
Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Hasten, Lord, the glorious time
Author: Harriet Auber Appears in 299 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Hasten, Lord, the glorious time,
When, beneath Messiah's sway,
Every nation, every clime,
Shall his righteous will obey.
2 Mightiest kings his power shall own;
Heathen tribes his name adore;
Satan and his host, o'erthrown,
Bound in chains, shall hurt no more.
3 Then shall wars and tumults cease;
Then be banished grief and pain;
Righteousness, and joy, and peace,
Undisturbed, shall ever reign. Used With Tune: PLEYEL
Hasten, Lord, the glorious time
The Saviour bids us watch and pray
Author: Thomas Hastings Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 The Saviour bids us watch and pray
Through time's brief, fleeting hour,
And gives the Spirit's quickening ray
To those who seek its power.
2 The Saviour bids us watch and pray,
Maintain a warrior's strife;
Help, Lord, to hear thy voice to-day;
Obedience is our life.
3 The Saviour bids us watch and pray;
For quickly he will come,
To call us from our toils away
To our eternal home.
4 The Saviour bids us watch and pray;
For lo! the Judge is near;
O may we joyfully obey,
And watch till he appear!
Used With Tune: ABRIDGE
The Saviour bids us watch and pray
The world is very evil
Author: John M. Neale Appears in 121 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 The world is very evil,
The times are waxing late;
Be sober and keep vigil;
The Judge is at the gate,
The Judge who comes in mercy,
The Judge who comes with might,
Who comes to end the evil,
Who comes to crown the right.
2 Arise, arise, good Christian,
Let right to wrong succeed;
Let penitential sorrow
To heavenly gladness lead,
To light that has no evening,
That knows no moon nor sun,
The light so new and golden,
The light that is but one.
3 Behold the morn shall waken,
And shadows shall decay,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as does the day;
And God, our King and Portion,
In fullness of his grace,
Shall we behold forever,
And worship face to face. Used With Tune: WEBB
The world is very evil
This is not my place of resting
Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 161 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 This is not my place of resting;
Mine's a city yet to come;
Onward, to it, I am hastening,
On to my eternal home.
In it, all is light and glory;
O'er it shines a nightless day;
Every trace of sin's sad story,
All the curse has passed away.
2 There the Lamb, our Shepherd, leads us
By the streams of life along;
On the freshest pastures feeds us,
Turns our sighing into song.
Soon we pass this desert dreary,
Soon we bid farewell to pain;
Nevermore are sad and weary,
Never, never sin again. Used With Tune: GREENVILLE
This is not my place of resting
Watchman, tell us of the night
Author: John Bowring Appears in 869 hymnals Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Lyrics: 1 Watchman, tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are,
Traveler, o'er yon mountain's hight
See that glory beaming star!
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
Aught of hope or joy fore-tell?
Traveler, yes; it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.
2 Watchman, tell us of the night;
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveler, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends!
Watchman, will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Traveler, ages are its own,
See, it shines o'er all the earth!
3 Watchman, tell us of the night;
For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveler, darkness takes its flight;
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wondering cease;
Hie thee to thy quiet home!
Traveler, lo! the Prince of peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come! Used With Tune: WATCHMAN
Watchman, tell us of the night
Awake, our souls! away, our fears!
Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 405 hymnals Topics: Waiting upon God Lyrics: 1 Awake, our souls! away, our fears!
Let every trembling thought be gone!
Awake, and run the heavenly race!
And put a cheerful courage on.
2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
But they forget the mighty God,
That feeds the strength of every saint.
3 O mighty God, Thy matchless power
Is ever new, and ever young,
And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run!
4 From Thee, the ever-flowing Spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply;
While such as trust their native strength
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.
5 Swift as the eagle cuts the air,
We'll mount aloft to thine abode;
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire along the heavenly road. Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Awake, our souls! away, our fears!
Magnify the Lord
Author: Bert Polman Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Know Advent/Waiting for the Messiah Lyrics: Magnify the Lord, magnify the Lord,
magnify the Lord who is my Savior and my God!
Magnify the Lord, magnify the Lord,
magnify the Lord who is my Savior!
Scripture: Luke 1:46-49 Used With Tune: MAGNIFICAT (Berthier) Text Sources: Song of Mary, based on
Magnify the Lord
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