Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Wait at His Throne

Near to the Savior, O come very near

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [Near to the Savior, O come very near]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Near to the Saviour, O come very near,
Pray for a blessing on all that are here;
Pray that His Spirit may come at this hour,
Filling each heart with the life-giving power.

Refrain:
Wait, wait, wait at His throne;
Bring your petitions, and there make them known;
Wait, wait, prayer will prevail;
He has declared it whose word cannot fail.

2 Here we are gathered in Jesus’ dear name,
Jesus who taught us His blessing to claim;
If in His promise we truly believe,
Pray with a faith that expects to receive. [Refrain]

3 Plead for the souls that are languid and cold,
Plead for the wand’rers away from the fold;
Pray that the Saviour may lead them tonight
Out of the darkness and into the light. [Refrain]

4 Pray with a faith that takes hold on the Lord,
Strong in the strength it has drawn from His word;
Come we with boldness, O come not with fear;
Jesus will bless us, and Jesus is here. [Refrain]

Source: The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School: a new collection of songs for worship #87

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Near to the Savior, O come very near
Title: Wait at His Throne
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Precious Jewels of Sacred Song #d169

The Canadian Hymnal #391

Page Scan

The Canadian Hymnal #391

TextAudioPage Scan

The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School #87

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.