217- The Church Has Waited Long
Jesus Christ: Second Advent
1
- The church has waited long
- Her absent Lord to see;
- And still in loneliness she waits,
- A friendless stranger she.
2
- How long, O Lord our God,
- Holy and true and good,
- Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering church,
- Her sighs and tears and blood?
3
- 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.
4
- Come, Lord, and wipe away
- The curse, the sin, the stain,
- And make this blighted world of ours
- Thine own fair world again.