Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: I am waiting for the Master
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Kate Reasoner
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 709
Page Number: 298, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI AM waiting for the Master,
Who will rise and bid me come
To the glory of his presence,
To the gladness of his home.
CHO.-They are watching at the portal,
They are waiting at the door,
Waiting only for my coming-
All the loved ones gone before.
Many friends that traveled with me
Reached that portal long ago;
One by one they left me baffling
With the dark and crafty foe.
O how soon shall I be with them,
And shall join their glorious throng,
There to mingle in their worship,
And to swell their mighty song!
Yet, O Lord, I wait thy pleasure,
For thy time and ways are best:
Hear me, Lord, for I am weary;
O, my Father, bid me rest.