Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Saviour haste our souls are waiting
Topic: Christ/Second Advent
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: 8s 7s and 4
Tune: Hope
Hymn Number: 539
Page Number: 189, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSAVIOUR, haste; our souls are waiting
For the long-expected day,
When, new heav'ns and earth creating,
Thou shalt banish grief away;
All the sorrow
Caus'd by sin and Satan's sway.
Lord, how long shall the creation
Groan and travail sore in pain,
Waiting for its sure salvation
When Thou shalt in glory reign,
And, like Eden,
This sad earth shall bloom again?
Haste, O hasten Thine appearing,
Take Thy mourning people home;
'Tis this hope our spirits cheering,
While we in the desert roam,
Makes Thy people
Strangers here till Thou dost come.