How many years has man been driven

How many years has man been drivenFar off from happiness and heaven!When wilt thou, gracious Lord, restoreThy wandering church, to roam no more?

Six thousand years are nearly pastSince Adam from thy sight was cast,And ever since his fallen raceFrom age to age are void of grace.

When will the happy trump proclaimThe judgment of the martyr'd lamb?When shall the captive troops be free,And keep th' eternal Jubilee?

Hasten it, Lord, in every land,Send thou thine angels, and command,"Go, sound deliverance, loudly blow—Salvation to the saints below."

We want to have the Day appear,The promis'd great Sabbatic year,When far from grief, and sin, and hell,Israel in ceaseless peace shall dwell.

Till then we will not let thee rest,Thou still shalt hear our strong request;And this our daily prayer shall be,Lord, sound the trump of Jubilee.