Hoping and longing

Verse 1

Come, Lord, and help us to rejoice, In hope that I shall hear thy voice, Shall one day see my God; Shall cease from all our painful strife, Handle and taste the word of life, And feel the sprinkled blood.

Verse 2

Let us not always make our moan, Nor worship thee a God unknown; But let us live to prove Thy people's rest, and saint's delight, The length and breadth, the depth and height Of thy redeeming love.

Verse 3

Rejoicing now in earnest hope, We stand, and from the mountain-top See all the land below: Rivers of milk and honey rise, And all the fruits of paradise In endless plenty grow.

Verse 4

A land of corn, and wine, and oil, Favor'd with God's peculiar smile, With every blessing blest; There dwells the Lord our righteousness, And keeps his own in perfect peace And everlasting rest.

Verse 5

O when shall we at once go up, Nor this side Jordan longer stop, But the good land possess: When shall we end our legal years, Our sorrows, sins, and doubts, and fears, An howling wilderness!

Verse 6

O dearest Joshua, bring us in; Display thy grace, forgive our sin, Our unbelief remove: The heavenly Canaan, Lord divide, And, O, with all the sanctify'd, Give us a lot of love!