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Long For My Saviour I’ve Been Waiting
Verse 1
Long for my Saviour I’ve been waiting,
Long time have watched by night and day;
Feared, lest my faith and hope abating,
I should lose courage by the way.
Long time have watched by night and day;
Feared, lest my faith and hope abating,
I should lose courage by the way.
Refrain
Jesus soon is coming;
This is my song —
Cheers the heart when joys depart,
And foes are pressing strong.
This is my song —
Cheers the heart when joys depart,
And foes are pressing strong.
Verse 2
Here in this vale of sin and sorrow
I have been wandering many years,
Still looking for that happy morrow
When God would wipe away my tears.
I have been wandering many years,
Still looking for that happy morrow
When God would wipe away my tears.
Verse 3
Oftimes the tempter comes in power,
Fain then would lead my steps astray;
But when the clouds begin to lower,
Hope turns the darkness into day.
Fain then would lead my steps astray;
But when the clouds begin to lower,
Hope turns the darkness into day.
Verse 4
O it will be but little longer
I must these many woes endure;
Then let my faith and hope grow stronger;
My Father's promise still is sure.
I must these many woes endure;
Then let my faith and hope grow stronger;
My Father's promise still is sure.
An expression of longing for the Savior's return in the 1940 Church Hymnal.