Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: How long O Lord our Saviour
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7 and 6
Tune: How Long O Lord
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 318, 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 heavenly 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,
Let all thy saints repeat it,
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.