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[Who in Thy word confide]
As long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, &c.
—ix. 18.
Who in Thy word confide,
From nature's haste set free,
Our patient souls by faith abide,
And fix their eyes on Thee:
Till Thou wouldst have us go,
We wait Thy Spirit's sign;
And cannot lose our time, we know,
By tarrying, Lord, for Thine.
From nature's haste set free,
Our patient souls by faith abide,
And fix their eyes on Thee:
Till Thou wouldst have us go,
We wait Thy Spirit's sign;
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By tarrying, Lord, for Thine.
To work for God is good,
If God our work ordain;
But stay'd by the incumbent cloud,
We in our place remain:
To cease from work is best,
If after Jesu's will;
For when at His command we rest,
We please our Saviour still.
If God our work ordain;
But stay'd by the incumbent cloud,
We in our place remain:
To cease from work is best,
If after Jesu's will;
For when at His command we rest,
We please our Saviour still.
Saviour, we wait the day,
The awful day unknown,
To quit our house, this tent of clay,
To lay our bodies down;
Expecting from above
The certain sign we stand,
As ready always to remove,
And die at Thy command.
The awful day unknown,
To quit our house, this tent of clay,
To lay our bodies down;
Expecting from above
The certain sign we stand,
As ready always to remove,
And die at Thy command.
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