Long in dark­ness we have wait­ed,
For the shin­ing of the light;
Long have felt the things we hat­ed,
Sink us still in deep­er night.

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Blessèd Je­sus, lov­ing Sav­ior!
Tender, faith­ful, strong and true,
Break the fet­ters that have bound us,
Make us in Thy­self anew.

Now, at last, the Light ap­pear­eth,
Jesus stands up­on the shore;
And with ten­der voice, He call­eth,
Come to Me and sin no more!

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Nothing have we, but our weak­ness,
Naught but sor­row, sin and care;
All with­in is loath­some vile­ness,
All with­out is dark des­pair.

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All our tal­ents we have wast­ed,
All Thy laws have dis­ob­eyed,
But Thy good­ness now we’ve tast­ed,
In Thy robes we stand ar­rayed.

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Thou hast saved us—do Thou keep us,
Guide us by Thine eye di­vine;
Let the Ho­ly Spir­it teach us,
That our light may ev­er shine.

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