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1. The Church has waited long,
Her absent Lord to see,
And still in loneliness she waits,
A friendless stranger she.
2. Age after age has gone,
Sun after sun has set,
And still in weeds of widowhood,
She weeps a mourner yet.
3. Saint after saint on earth
Has lived, and loved, and died;
And as they left us one by one,
We laid them side by side;
4. We laid them down to sleep,
But not in hope forlorn;
We laid them but to ripen there,
Till the last glorious morn.
5. The serpent's brood increase,
The powers of hell grow bold,
The conflict thickens, faith is low,
And love is waxing cold.
6. How long, O Lord our God,
Holy, and true, and good,
Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering Church,
Her sighs, and tears, and blood?
7. We long to hear Thy voice,
To see Thee face to face,
To share Thy crown and glory then,
As now we share Thy grace.
8. Should not the loving bride
Her absent bridegroom mourn?
Should she not wear the signs of grief
Until her Lord return?
9. The whole creation groans,
And waits to hear that voice
That shall her beauteousness restore,
And make her wastes rejoice.
10. Come, Lord, and wipe away
The curse, the sin, the stain,
And make this blighted world of ours
Thine own fair world again.
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Hymnals
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| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
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| The Year of Praise, 1867
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| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
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| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
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| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
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| The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874
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| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
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| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
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| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
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| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1885
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| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
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| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
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| The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
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| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
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| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
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| The English Hymnal, 1906
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
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| The Mission Hymnal, 1913
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| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
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| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
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| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
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| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
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| Songs of Praise, 1925
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| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
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| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
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| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
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| Christian Worship, 1941
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
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| The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
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| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
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| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
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| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
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| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
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| The New English Hymnal, 1985
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| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
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| Church Family Worship, 1988
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| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996
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| Common Praise (Canada), 1998
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| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
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| Sing Glory, 1999
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| Complete Mission Praise, 2000
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| Common Praise, 2000
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| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000
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| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000
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| The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005
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| The Book of Hymns, 2006
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| Zion Still Sings, 2007
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