 THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see ; And still in loneliness she waits, A friendless stranger she. Age after age has gone, Sun after sun has set, And still, in weeds of widowhood, She weeps a mourner yet.  Hymns of Faith and Hope - Page 39by Horatius Bonar - 1857 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
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...«nd doing. — Sobertson. THE ADVENT OF CHRIST. THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see j And still in loneliness she waits — A friendless...after saint on earth Has lived, and loved, and died Ami as they left us, one by one, We laid them side by side ; We laid them down to sleep, But not in... | |
 | Bible hymn-book - Hymns, English - 1845 - 272 pages
...graee was in the bleeding Lamb Who died to make her free. 299 REv. xxn. 20.— "Even so, come, LordJa THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see...still, in weeds of widowhood. She weeps a mourner yet. Comu then, Lord Jesus, come ! 2 Siint after saint on earth Has lived, and loved, and died, And as thev... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Christian life - 1851 - 308 pages
...death, and make it gross darkness." — Jer. xiii. 16. REV. xx11. 20. — "Evan so come Lord Jesus THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see...She weeps a mourner yet. Come then, Lord Jesus, come I Saint after saint on earth Has lived, and loved, and died, We laid them down to sleep, But not in... | |
 | Henry Kemp Richardson - 1851 - 364 pages
...shalt sing His praise again, and find Him still Thy health's eternal spring. 296. BOM. viii. 19—23. THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see ; And still in lowliness she waits, A friendless stranger she. i Age after age has gone, Sun after sun has set, And... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Hymns - 1853 - 402 pages
...was in the bleeding Lamb Who died to make her free. COOL 'Even so, oome, Lord Jesus." — Rev. xxii. THE Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see...She weeps a mourner yet. Come then, Lord Jesus, come ! 2 Saint after saint on earth Has lived, and loved, and died, And as they left us one by one, We laid... | |
 | 1854 - 684 pages
...will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus." Milnsbridge. "EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS." The church has waited long, Her absent Lord to see...A friendless stranger she. Age after age has gone, Son after son has set, And Mill in weeds of widowhood She weeps a moarner yet. Gome, then, Lord Jesus,... | |
 | Hymns - Hymns, English - 1855 - 64 pages
...Christ knows all, 38, " Even so, come, Lord Jesus."—Rev. xxii. 20. 1 rjlHE Church has waited long JL Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she...She weeps a mourner yet. Come then, Lord Jesus, come ! 2 Saint after saint 011 earth, Has lived, and loved, and died, And as they left us, one by one, We... | |
 | John Cox - 1856 - 288 pages
...sweeter far than all beside He — he himself is thine. SIR EDWAED DENNY. ' PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST." The Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see ; And still in lowliness she waits, A friendless stranger she. Age after age has gone, Sun after sun has set, And... | |
 | John Smith (of Glasgow) - 1857 - 618 pages
...faithful followers be, And glory in Thy cross alone. 638 WEDNESDAY EVENING. K Church has waited long I Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she...widowhood. She weeps a mourner yet. Come then, Lord Jesus, comel 2 Saint after saint on earth Has lived, and loved, and died, And as they left us. one by one,... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Home missions - 1858 - 192 pages
...be employed, with such as can be, as introductory to the rest, "if by any means" we may "save some." The Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see;...Jesus, come ! Saint after saint on earth Has lived, and hoped, and died; And as they left us, one by one, We laid them side by side: We laid them down to sleep,... | |
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