The Church Has Waited Long (EN 4873)

EN 4873 The Church Has Waited Long

1Cor.13.12

Versi Version 1

1

The Church has waited long

Her absent Lord to see;

And still in loneliness she waits,

A friendless stranger she.

2

After after age has gone,

Sun after sun has set,

And still, in weeds of widowhood,

She weeps, a mourner yet.

3

Saint after saint on earth

Has lived, and loved, and died;

And as they left us one by one,

We laid them side by side.

4

We laid them down to sleep,

But not in hope forlorn—

We laid them but to ripen there

Till the last glorious morn.

5

The serpent’s brood increase,

The powers of hell grow bold,

The conflict thickens, faith is low,

And love is waxing cold.

6

How long, O Lord our God,

Holy and true and good,

Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering church,

Her sighs and tears and blood?

7

We long to hear Thy voice,

To see Thee face to face,

To share Thy crown and glory then,

As now we share Thy grace.

8

Should not the loving bride

The absent Bridegroom mourn?

Should she not wear the weeds of grief

Until her Lord return?

9

Come, Lord, and wipe away

The curse, the sin, the stain,

And make this blighted world of ours

Thine own fair world again.

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