O Lord, I Wait With Yearning
A Hymn for the End of the Church Year
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Tune: Herr Christ, der einig Gott’s Sohn (ELH 276)
1 O Lord, I wait with yearning
For You to come again,
When sighing will be turning
Into the end of pain,
When Your great majesty appears
To change my lowly body
No more to shed its tears.
2 I wait with lamp still burning,
My faith alone in You,
And from Your Word am learning
Your will and what to do,
While here I wait beneath the cross
That You in love place on me
To purge away my dross.
3 Lord, cast my each transgression
Into the Sea of Red,
To claim as my possession
The life for which You bled,
And follow here Your Spirit’s word
That soon my eyes may fasten
Upon Your love’s reward.
4 Fill all my heart and doing
With love for everyone,
Your holy will pursuing
Until Your will is done,
When I, kept in Your Word and faith,
Will see Your grace’s purpose
When I shall conquer death.
5 O Light of Light, still beaming
Deep in my mortal heart,
Come soon, my flesh redeeming,
When better life will start,
And at the wedding feast above
I join with saints and angels
To sing and praise Your love.
11/25/17