Waiting for Christ

Far down the ages now

No. 811
Words Horatius Bonar.
Singing key B♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to LABAN (hymn 601)

Words

Far down the ages now,Much of her journey done,The pilgrim church pursues her way,Until her crown be won.

No slacker grows the fight,No feebler is the foe,Nor less the need of armor tried,Of shield and spear and bow.

Thus onward still we pressThrough evil and through good,Through pain and poverty and want,Through peril and through blood.

Still faithful to our God,And to our Captain true,We follow where he leads the way,The kingdom in our view.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «811» (large) with the reference line «601, 11, 732.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 601, 11 or 732); the hymn stands in the lower half of the left column of p. 266 (running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»), below hymn 810, and ends at the foot of that column with «Horatius Bonar.» in italics. Four stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without a full stop (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). The first word «FAR» is set in capitals and small capitals. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («armor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the tunes of the reference line).