How long, dear Lord, ere thou wilt come

Tune: BANGOR (Tansur)
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1 How long, dear Lord, ere Thou wilt come,
Our lonely hearts to cheer?
How long ere Thou wilt come to reign?
We long to view Thee near.

2 O come and cheer our sorrowing hearts—
We long Thy face to see;
O come and take Thy weary bride,
To dwell, dear Lord, with Thee.

3 We look abroad o’er earth’s domain,
We hear Thy children cry,
"How long, O Lord, ere Thou wilt come,
And bring redemption nigh?"

4 How long ere grief and pain shall cease,
And tears be wiped away,
And joys untold our hearts shall cheer
’Mid realms of endless day?

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16881

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First Line:	How long, dear Lord, ere thou wilt come
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Tune

BANGOR (Tansur)

Traditionally used for Montgomery's text and for Peter Abelard's "Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord," BANGOR comes from William Tans'ur's A Compleat Melody: or the Harmony of Syon (the preface of which is dated 1734). In that collection the tune was a three-part setting for Psalm 12 (and for Psalm 11 i…

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