Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: How many years has man been driv'n
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 82
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow many years has man been driv'n,
Far off from happiness and heav'n!
When wilt thou, gracious Lord, restore
Thy wand'ring church, to roam no more?
Six thousand years are nearly past
Since Adam was from Eden cast;
And ever since, his fallen race
From age to age abuse thy grace,
When will the happy trump proclaim,
The judgment of the martyr'd Lamb?
When shall the captive troops be free,
And keep th' eternal jublilee?
Hasten it, Lord, in ev'ry land,
Send then thine angels, and command;
"Go sound deliv'rance; loudly blow
Salvation to the saints below."
We want to see the day appear,
The promis'd, great Sabbatic year:
When far from grief and sin and hell,
Israel in ceaseless peace shall dwell.
Till then we will not let thee rest,
Thou still shalt hear our strong request;
And this our daily prayer shall be,
Lord, sound the trump of jubilee.