Hasten, Lord, the promised hour

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Hasten, Lord, the promised hour

Author: Josiah Conder
Tune: PLEYEL'S HYMN
Published in 12 hymnals

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1 Hasten, Lord, the promised hour;
Come in glory, come in power;
Still thy foes are unsubdued;
Nature sighs to be renewed.

2 Time has nearly reached its sum;
All things wait for thee to come;
Jesus, whom all worlds adore,
Come, and reign forevermore.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #825

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Author: Josiah Conder

Josiah Conder was born in London, in 1789. He became a publisher, and in 1814 became proprietor of "The Eclectic Review." Subsequently to 1824, he composed a series of descriptive works, called the "Modern Traveller," which appeared in thirty volumes. He also published several volumes of poems and hymns. He was the author of the first "Congregational Hymn Book" (1836). He died in 1855. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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