Waiting for Christ

My soul is happy when I hear

No. 795
Words Anon.
Singing key C major
4 stanzas

Sung to NEWELL (hymn 596)

Words

My soul is happy when I hearThe Saviour is so nigh,And longs to see his sign appearUpon the opening sky.

I love to wait, and watch, and pray,And trust his living word,And feel the coming of that dayNo longer is deferred.

Then, waiting brethren, let us sing,—He will not tarry long,—And fill with joy the hours that bringThe glory of our song.

Yes, he will come; no longer fear,Though earth and hell assail;His word attests the moment near,And that can never fail.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «795» (large) in the left column of p. 261, below hymn 794 and «Philip Doddridge.», with the reference line «596, 201, 147.» in bold italic figures beside it (= the words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 596, 201 or 147 — NEWELL, LITCHFIELD and BELMONT, all C. M.). No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6). The first words «MY» are set with «Y» in small capitals; written «My» here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented. The print sets a thin space before «;» («come ;», «assail ;»); it is closed up here. Stanza 3 has em dashes after «sing,—» and «long,—», as printed. Stanza numbers printed without periods are written «1.»–«4.». «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. Spelling («Saviour», «deferred»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.