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Advent Hymnals

Hymns about waiting

20 hymns in 6 hymnals.

SDA Hymnal

  1. 217The Church Has Waited LongHer absent Lord to see;

Christ in Song

  1. 16Linger No LongerTherefore will the Lord wait
  2. 31Knocking, KnockingKnocking, knocking, who is there?
  3. 44Calling"Incline your ear and come unto me
  4. 570GOLDEN DAWNING"Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." - 1 Cor. 1:7.
  5. 733Patience, Bids Us WaitPa-tience, bids us wait, Till the prom-ise of the Lord is ful-filled

Hymns and Tunes 1886

  1. 471Work and WaitO Christian, I-idle all the day!

Hymns and Tunes 1876

  1. 267My soul is happy when I hearMy soul is happy when I hear The Saviour is so nigh
  2. 274Come, Lord, and tarry notBring the long-looked-for day;
  3. 276Son of God, thy people shieldMust we still thine absence mourn?
  4. 285Hark! I hear the blest tidingsSoon,
  5. 287How long, O Lord our SaviourWilt thou remain away?
  6. 289Long for my Saviour I've been waitingLong time have watched by night and day;
  7. 291Gracious Father, guard thy childrenGracious Father, guard thy children From the foe's destructive wiles
  8. 367HartelBehold a Stranger at the door!

Hymns for Second Advent Believers

  1. 2Jubilee PrayerGRACIOUS Father, guard thy children
  2. 18THE BLESSED TIDINGSHARK! hark! Hear the blest tidings
  3. 48The Saviour NighMY soul is happy when I hear
  4. 141WAITING FOR JESUSLONG for my Saviour I've been waiting

Hymns for God’s Peculiar People

  1. 21The Jubilee PrayerGracious Father, guard thy children