Still I long for his returning,
Languish till his face appears,
Taste the blessedness of mourning
Melted into gracious tears;
Still in quiet expectation,
Calmly for my Lord I grieve,
Sure, at last the great salvation,
Sure, the Saviour to receive.
Still I long for His returning
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of God.”—[Lam.] iii. 26. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 49.
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