Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: How long O Lord our Saviour
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune: Ceylon
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 176, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow long, O Lord, our Saviour,
Wilt thou remain away?
Our hearts are growing weary
Of thy so long delay;
O when shall come the moment,
When brighter far than morn,
The sunshine of thy glory
Will on thy people dawn.
How long, O gracious Master,
Wilt thou thy household leave?
So long hast thou now tarried,
Few thy return believe;
Immersed in sloth and folly,
Thy servants, Lord, we see;
And few of us stand ready,
With joy to welcome thee.
How long, O heav'nly Bridegroom,
How long wilt thou delay?
And yet how few are grieving,
That thou dost absent stay;
Thy very Bride her portion
And calling hath forgot;
And seeks for ease and glory
Where thou, her Lord, art not.
O wake thy slumbering virgins!
Send forth the solemn cry!
The Bridegroom draweth nigh;
May all our lamps be burning,
Our loins well girded be;
Each longing heart preparing,
With joy, thy face to see.