We wait for tbe returning

Verse 1
We wait for the returning
Of our great God and Saviour,
Our dying God
Who by his blood
Procur’d his Father’s favour:
Jesus, the true Jehovah,
The man to sinners given,
Triumphant here
Shall soon appear,
And take us up to heaven.

Verse 2
With glorious pomp descending
To crown our expectation,
Him we shall see,
And shout ’Tis he,
The God of our salvation!
The God from everlasting,
Almighty to deliver,
Around his throne
Our songs shall own
The God that reigns for ever.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “'Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our GREAT GOD and Saviour JESUS CHRIST.'—Titus ii. 13.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 214.
Publishing: Public Domain