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Waiting for Christ

Lone pilgrim, cease that mournful sigh

  • No. 792
  • Words Mrs. Rebekah Smith.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Lone pilgrim, cease that mournful sigh:Look up! redemption draweth nigh.Have loved ones gone? does earth look drear?Look up! shed not that bitter tear.

2

What though the heart is saddened now,And shadows gather on thy brow,And grief the bosom heaveth still?Look up! submit to Heaven's own will.

3

Do trials unexpected rise?Look up! and view the glorious prize;Let not life's sorrows press you down;Look up! prepare to take the crown.

4

Lift up your head, rejoice and sing;Look up! by faith behold your King.He soon is coming, heed his call;Look up! and make your God your all.

5

He'll come, all troubles here to end;He'll come, a never-failing friend;He'll come to take his children home;Look up! and pray, "Lord, quickly come."

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «792» (large) in the left column of p. 260, below hymn 791, with the reference line «301, 314, 914.» in bold italic figures beside it (= the words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 301, 314 or 914 — ROCKINGHAM, OLIVES' BROW and WOODWORTH, all L. M.). No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8). Stanzas 1–3 stand at the foot of the left column; stanzas 4–5 continue at the top of the right column, followed by «Mrs. Rebekah Smith.» in italics. The first word «LONE» is set in capitals and small capitals; it is written «Lone» here. All lines are set flush left; the third line of stanza 1 is too long for the column and its last word, «drear?», is turned over onto an indented line of its own — it is one verse here («Have loved ones gone? does earth look drear?», eight syllables). The print sets a thin space before «!», «:», «;» and «?» («sigh :», «up !», «still ?», «rise ?», «prize ;», «down ;», «sing ;», «call ;», «end ;», «friend ;», «home ;»); it is closed up here. «He'll» (stanza 5) is set with a thin space after the apostrophe in lines 2–3 («He' ll»), as elsewhere in this book closed up here; apostrophes and quotation marks are written straight. Stanza numbers printed without periods are written «1.»–«5.». Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Waiting for Christ · No. 792 · printed page 260
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02