Adventist Pioneer Library

Waiting for Christ

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus

  • No. 855
  • Metre 8s, 7s & 4.
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 2 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus,Partners in his patience here;Christ, to all believers precious,Lord of lords shall soon appear.Mark the tokensOf his heavenly kingdom near.

2

Yes, the prize shall soon be given;We his open face shall see;Love, the earnest of our heaven,Love our full reward shall be;Love shall crown usKings through all eternity.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «855» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 284, after hymn 854's «Anon.», with the reference line «857, 132.» in italic figures on the same line (= sung to the tunes of hymns 857 and 132); two stanzas of six lines, numbered «1»–«2» without periods (written «1.»–«2.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), lines 2, 4 and 6 indented and line 5 indented further; «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 2. The first word «LIFT» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Lift» here). The print sets a thin space before «;» («here ;», «given ;», «see ;», «be ;»); it is closed up here. 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. 855 · printed page 284
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02