Scripture Verse

Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:7

Introduction

Words: Charles W. Flet­cher, in The Cen­tu­ry Gos­pel Songs (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Bil­horn Bro­thers, 1901), num­ber 67.

Music: Kyiv Fred De­gen, ar­ranged by Pe­ter P. Bil­horn (🔊 pdf nwc). Note: The Cen­tu­ry Gos­pel Songs, and a mi­no­ri­ty of hym­nals, spell De­gen’s giv­en name as Ferd.

If you know get a good pho­to of Fletch­er or De­gen (head-and-shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you ?

portrait
Peter P. Bilhorn
1865–1936

Lyrics

Since the day when Olive’s summit
Lost the pressure of His feet,
Faith, in watchfulness, has waited,
Him thro’ clouds re-cleft to greet.

Refrain

Then the shadows will have vanished,
Which across my life are cast;
Every doubt forever banished,
When I see His face at last.

For His coming I am living,
For His voice my ear I train;
Every gold-lined cloud foretells me
Of the splendor of His reign.

Refrain

In the thrall of man’s transgression,
Till His scepter rules the earth,
Painfully creation travails,
Waiting for its pledged re-birth.

Refrain

I am waiting for the morning
When His beams shall gild and bless;
When the night of faith is ended
By the Sun of righteousness.

Refrain