I watch in hope for the Lord; I wait for God my Savior.
Micah 7:7
Words: Bessie Doolittle, in the Second Advent Hymn Book, edited by Phineas A. Smith (New York: Smith & Clough, 1850).
Music: S. Hibbard, 1869 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Hibbard’s full name, or where to get a good picture of him or Doolittle,
How cheering is the Christian’s hope,
While toiling here below!
It buoys us up while passing through
This wilderness of woe.
It buoys us up while passing through
This wilderness of woe.
It points us to a land of rest,
Where saints with Christ will reign;
Where we shall meet the loved of earth,
And never part again.
Where we shall meet the loved of earth,
And never part again.
Fly, lingering moments, fly, O fly;
Dear Savior, quickly come!
We long to see Thee as Thou art,
And reach that blissful shore.
We long to see Thee as Thou art,
And reach that blissful shore.