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Text:The Patient Waiting upon God
Author:Doddridge

529. The Patient Waiting upon God

Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope,
And let His word support your souls;
Well can He bear your courage up,
And all your foes and fears control.

He waits His own well-chosen hour
The intended mercy to display;
And His paternal pities move,
While wisdom dictates the delay.

Blest are the humble souls that wait
With sweet submission to His will;
Harmonious all their passions move,
And in the midst of storms are still;—

Still, till their Father’s well-known voice
Wakens their silence into songs;
Then earth grows vocal with His praise,
And heaven the grateful shout prolongs.

Text Information
First Line: Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope
Title: The Patient Waiting upon God
Author: Doddridge
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
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