1. Saviour, haste! our souls are waiting
For the long expected day,
When, new heav’ns and earth creating,
Thou shalt banish grief away,
All the sorrow,
Caus’d by sin and Satan’s sway.
2. H aste! O hasten Thine appearing!
Take Thy mourning people home:
’Tis this hope our spirits cheering, ■
While we in the desert roam,
Makes Thy people
Strangers here, till Thou dost come.
3. Lord, how long shall the creation
Groan and travail sore in pain;
Waiting for its sure salvation,
When Thou shalt in glory reign,
And like Eden,
This sad earth shall bloom again?
4. Gather, too, Thy chosen nation,
Israel’s long afflicted race;
Let them find Thy free salvation,
Own and trust Thy wondrous grace;
And adoring,
Look on Thy once marred face.
5. Reign, O reign, Almighty Saviour!
Heav’n and earth in one unite;
Make it known, that in Thy favour,
There alone is life and light:
When we see Thee,
We shall have unmix’d delight.