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Advent Hymnals

Hymns about longing

23 hymns in 6 hymnals.

SDA Hymnal

  1. 217The Church Has Waited LongHer absent Lord to see;
  2. 420Jerusalem, My Happy HomeO how I long for thee!
  3. 436The HomelandThe homeland! O the homeland!

Christ in Song

  1. 92Weary Of EarthWords being added

Hymns and Tunes 1886

  1. 476Early, my God, without delayI haste to seek thy face,
  2. 481As the hart, with eager looksPanteth for the water-brooks,
  3. 981Jerusalem, my happy homeO, how I long for thee!

Hymns and Tunes 1876

  1. 48HamburgI LOVE the sacred book of God
  2. 274Come, Lord, and tarry notBring the long-looked-for day;
  3. 276Son of God, thy people shieldMust we still thine absence mourn?
  4. 281Oh! how I long to see that dayOh! how I long to see that day When the redeemed shall come To Zion
  5. 282There is a land, a better land than thisThere is a land, a better land than this— There's my home
  6. 287How long, O Lord our SaviourWilt thou remain away?
  7. 290Lo! the long hastening on, soon the morning will dawnWhen the King shall in glory descend;
  8. 295Time, thou speed'st on, but slowlyHours,
  9. 299Tis the midst of temptation, and sorrow, and strifeAnd evils unnumbered,
  10. 301Twas a doleful night on Calvary's heightWhen the Lamb of God was slain;
  11. 351JERUSALEM, my happy homeOh!

Hymns for Second Advent Believers

  1. 33Heavenly MusicWHAT heavenly music steals over the sea
  2. 40Are, We Almost There?"ARE we almost there? Are we almost there?"
  3. 51I Long to Be ThereIN the midst of temptation, and sorrow and strife
  4. 105WHEN STRANGERS STANDWHEN strangers stand and hear me tell

Millennial Harp

  1. 25The Pilgrim's SongI'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger