Come, Lord Jesus

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The church has waited long

Author: Horatius Bonar
Published in 103 hymnals

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1. The Church has waited long
Her absent Lord to see,
And still in loneliness she waits,
A friendless stranger she.

2. The serpent’s brood increase,
The pow’rs of Hell grow bold,
The conflict thickens, faith is low,
And love is waxing cold.

3. We long to hear your voice,
To see you face to face,
To share your crown and glory then,
As now we share your grace.

4. Should not the loving bride
The absent bridegroom mourn?
Should not she wear the weeds of grief
Until her Lord’s return?

5. The whole creation groans
And waits to hear the voice
That shall restore her loveliness
And make her heart rejoice.

6. Come, Lord, and wipe away
The curse, the sin, the stain,
And make this blighted world of ours
Your own fair world again.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #3b

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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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First Line:	The church has waited long
Title:	Come, Lord Jesus
Author:	Horatius Bonar
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Matthew 24:42-44
(hymns)

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Notes

The Church has waited long. H. Bonar. [Advent.] Published in the Bible Hymn Book, 1845, No. 299, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, with the refrain "Come then, Lord Jesus, come." It was repeated in the 3rd edition of the author's Songs for the Wilderness, Kelso, 1850, p. 39, and again in his Hymns of Faith and Hope, 1857, p. 31. It is in extensive use in Great Britain and America, sometimes without the refrain.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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