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244. THE TIME OF WAITING

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​Text Source:  Felix Schneider's Sammlungen für Liebhaber christlicher Wahrheit und Gottseligkeit, Basel, Switzerland, 1811
​Composer:  Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)​

​  1. Waiting is to be our earthly schooling
      Which here with our first breath takes its start,
      Never ending till by God’s own ruling
      Our faint spirit shall in peace depart.
 
  2. Waiting was the lot of all God’s servants:
      Joseph, David, Abraham and all
      Who in service were found true and fervent,
      And whom God unto great deeds did call.
 
  3. He Himself, the crown of all creation,
      Once in darkest workshop was prepared;
      Gloomy nights preceded exaltation;
      After suff’ring, heaven’s bliss was shared.
 
  4. See the husbandman, his seed now strewing
      On the earthly field in hope and fear,
      In God’s promise still his trust renewing,
      Till spring sunshine makes the sprouts appear.
 
  5. Few fruits ripen from the spring-time sunshine;
      Not till autumn is abundance shown;
      Without waiting we ne’er feel the rapture
      Of a precious, bounteous harvest grown.
 
  6. God oft gave beyond all expectation
      More than heart had wished for to behold;
      Should not this give us new inspiration
      To await what His word has foretold?
 
  7. Ne’er a word of God was uttered vainly,
      Although its fulfillment seemed afar;
      Noble things take time, though promised plainly;
      And the very best we find in God.
 
  8. Battle bravely tow’rd that destination,
      Though the night of waiting now enfold;
      Other brethren bore yet more privation,
      Yet through conflict, vict’ry did behold.
 
  9. Vict’ry shalt thou win through fiery trials
      Pure and in the likeness of thy Lord;
      Worthy to partake of joyful blessings,
      Therefore, wait now for that great reward.
 
10. Waiting, hoping here in darkest silence,
      Leads us to that future happiness;
      Waiting, trusting oft with fear and trembling
      Brings glad tiding of eternal bliss.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements