My Jesus, my hope, When will He appear

Verse 1
My Jesus, my hope,
When will he appear
A soul to lift up
That waits for him here,
In much tribulation,
In trouble’s excess,
In height of temptation,
And depth of distress!

Verse 2
O when shall I see
An end of my pain,
And triumph in thee
My Saviour again?
Lord, hasten the hour,
Thy kingdom bring in,
And give me the power
To live without sin.

Verse 3
O Jesus, thou know’st
My sorrowful load,
And seest that my trust
Is all in thy blood:
Thou wilt have compassion,
My burthen remove,
Thy name is salvation,
Thy nature is love.

Verse 4
Thy nature and name
My portion shall be
Who humbly lay claim
To all things in thee:
The days of my mourning
And painful distress
Shall at thy returning
Eternally cease.

Hymnal/Album: 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 Hymns for Those That Seek and Those That Have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ (William Strahan, 1747). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 257.
Publishing: Public Domain