Ye faithful, patient souls attend

Verse 1
Ye faithful, patient souls, attend
That second coming of your Lord:
Expect him first your sin to end,
To verify his hallowing word:
Your hearts, resolv’d to wait his grace,
Shall perfect in due season be;
And I shall then behold his face,
And dwell in him who dwells in me.

Verse 2
We know, the solemn day draws nigh,
When Jesus shall appear again:
Hasten, O Lord, and bow the sky,
And here begin thy glorious reign,
The number of thy saints compleat;
And let the partners of thy power,
Casting their crowns before thy feet,
On earth,—and then in heaven, adore.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”—[James] v. 8. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 176.
Publishing: Public Domain