Waiting for Christ

Jesus our Saviour says, "I will appear!"

No. 873
Metre P. M.
Tune HAVE YOU FAITH?
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

Jesus our Saviour says, "I will appear!"Have you faith?My trumpet is sounding majestic and clear;Have you faith?The faithful alone I come to see,And they shall live and reign with me,Only have faith! Only have faith! Only have faith!

Prophets have spoken, their words are fulfilled;Have you faith?My word is established, your anguish is stilled;Have you faith?The plan of salvation faith's eye will seeAnd live forever and reign with me;Only have faith!

Though I should tarry, O be not dismayed;Have you faith?The Judgment is coming o'er all I've said;Have you faith?The doubt to the bondage, the faith to the free,To live forever and reign with me;Only have faith!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «873» (large), tune name «HAVE YOU FAITH? P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.». No reference line. Stanza 1 is interlinear: verse lines 1–2 and 3–4 are printed one above the other inside braces under the repeated first bars («1. { Je - sus our Sav-iour says, "I will appear!" Have you faith? / My trumpet is sounding ma - jes - tic and clear; Have you faith? }»), then «The faith-ful a - lone I come to see,» and, in system 2, «And they shall live and reign with me, On - ly have faith! On - ly have faith! On - ly have faith!» — the last words three times under the music. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music, numbered «2» and «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), seven lines each, with «Have you faith?» and «Only have faith!» indented and «Only have faith!» printed once (sung three times, as under the music). Long lines broken by the column width are joined here («ful- / filled;», «is / stilled;», «the / free,»). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «?», «!» and «;» («faith ?», «faith !», «me ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.