How Long, O Lord

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How long, O Lord, our God

Author: Horatius Bonar
Tune: BOYLSTON
Published in 12 hymnals

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	Twelve Hymn Tune Intonations

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1 How long, O Lord, our God,
Holy, and true, and good,
Wilt thou not judge thy suffering church,
Her sighs, and tears, and blood?

2 Saint after saint on earth
Has lived, and loved, and died
And as they left us one by one,
We laid them side by side.

3 We laid them down to sleep,
But not in hope forlorn;
We laid them but to ripen there,
Till the last glorious morn.

4 We long to hear thy voice,
To see thee face to face,
To share thy crown and glory then,
As now we shae thy grace.

Source: The Christian hymnary: a selection of hymns & tunes for Christian worship #893

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Author: Horatius Bonar

Horatius Bonar was born at Edinburgh, in 1808. His education was obtained at the High School, and the University of his native city. He was ordained to the ministry, in 1837, and since then has been pastor at Kelso. In 1843, he joined the Free Church of Scotland. His reputation as a religious writer was first gained on the publication of the "Kelso Tracts," of which he was the author. He has also written many other prose works, some of which have had a very large circulation. Nor is he less favorably known as a religious poet and hymn-writer. The three series of "Hymns of Faith and Hope," have passed through several editions. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

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