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Text:Come, Lord, and tarry not
Author:Rev. Horatius Bonar
Tune:ST. BRIDE
Composer:Samuel Howard

188. Come, Lord, and tarry not

1 Come, Lord, and tarry not;
Bring the long-looked-for day;
O why these years of waiting here,
These ages of delay?

2 Come, for Thy saints still wait;
Daily ascends their sigh:
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come":
Dost Thou not hear the cry?

3 Come, for creation groans,
Impatient of Thy stay,
Worn out with these long years of ill,
These ages of delay.

4 Come, and make all things new;
Build up this ruined earth;
Restore our faded Paradise,
Creation's second birth.

5 Come, and begin Thy reign
Of everlasting peace;
Come, take the Kingdom to Thyself,
Great King of Righteousness.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Lord, and tarry not
Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar (1846)
Meter: S. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: Jesus Christ the Lord: His Coming in Glory; Christ: Second Coming, His; Coming in Glory
Tune Information
Name: ST. BRIDE
Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
Meter: S. M.
Key: g minor



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