Come, Lord, to a soul That waits on Thy ways

Verse 1
Come, Lord, to a soul
That waits in thy ways,
That stays at the pool
Expecting thy grace:
To see thy salvation,
And prove all they[1] will,
With sure expectation
I calmly stand still.

Verse 2
With fasting and prayer
My Saviour I seek,
And listen to hear
The Comforter speak;
In searching and hearing
The life-giving word
I wait thy appearing,
I look for my Lord.

Verse 3
Because thou hast said
Do this for my sake,
The mystical bread
I gladly partake:
I thirst for the Spirit
That flows from above,
And long to inherit
Thy fulness of love.

Verse 4
’Tis here I look up,
And grasp at thy mind,
Here only I hope
Thine image to find
The means of bestowing
Thy gifts I embrace;
But all things are owing
To Jesus’s grace.

[1] Wesley corrected “they” to “thy” in 1747.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "Isa. lxiv. 5. “Thou meetest those that remember thee in thy ways.”." Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is more likely than not that Charles wrote it but not certain. Introduced in "Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems." Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 8 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 440.
Publishing: Public Domain