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Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope

Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 33 hymnals

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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.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #529

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line: Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope
Author: Philip Doddridge
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #529

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #529
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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #529

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #529
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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #302

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #302
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #338

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #338
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #XCIX

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship #XCIX
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XCIX

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XCIX
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #363

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #363
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #363

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #363

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d771

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d771
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #229

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #229
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Hymns for Public Worship #300

Hymns for Public Worship #300
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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #242

Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #242
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Hymns for the Sanctuary #467

Hymns for the Sanctuary #467
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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a29

Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a29
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Hymns of the Spirit #542

Hymns of the Spirit #542

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d452

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d452
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Songs of Pilgrimage #1527

Songs of Pilgrimage #1527
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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #95a

The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #95a
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The Christian Psalmist #385

The Christian Psalmist #385

The Christian Psalter #d609

The Christian Psalter #d609
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The Harp #615

The Harp #615
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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a615

The Harp. 2nd ed. #a615
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The Jubilee Harp #29

The Jubilee Harp #29

The Millennial Harp #d493

The Millennial Harp #d493

The Millennial Harp #d246

The Millennial Harp #d246
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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #100

The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #100
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The Union Harp #29

The Union Harp #29

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d467

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d467
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