The Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she waits, A friendless stranger she. Sun after age has gone, ...
The Church has waited long
Her absent Lord to see;
And still in loneliness she waits,
A friendless stranger she.
Sun after age has gone,
And still, of her dear Lord bereft,
She weeps, a mourner yet,
Come then, Lord Jesus come!
Saint after saint on earth
Has lived, and loved, and died;
And as they left us one by one,
We laid them side by side,
We laid them down to sleep
But not in hope forlorn-
We laid them but to slumber there
Till the last glorious morn,
Come then, Lord Jesus, come!
The serpent’s brood increase,
The pow’rs of hell grow bold,
The conflict thickens, faith is low,
And love is waxing cold.
How long, O Lord our God,
Holy, and true, and good
Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering church
Her sighs, her tears, and blood?
We long to hear Thy voice,
To see Thee Face to Face,
To share Thy crown and glory then,
As now we share Thy grace,
Come , Lord, and wipe away
The curse, the sin, the stain,
And make this blighted world of ours
Thine own fair world again,
Come then, Lord Jesus, come!.
Amen.
D.S.M.& Ref.
Nitoto Emi mbo kankan. Amin. Ifi. 22:20.
1. mpIjo ti nduro pe
Lati ri Oluwa,
O si wa bakan na sibe,
Ko s’alabaro fun!
Odun nyi lu odun,
Ojo ngori ojo,
Sibe lairi Oluwa re,
O wa ninu ofo
Ma bo, Jesu, ma bo.
2. mpAwon mimo l’aye
Opo won l’oti ku;
p Bi won si ti nlo l’okankan
L’a te won gbe’ra won;
pp A te won lati sun,
Ki se l’aininreti;
cr A te won lati r’eju ni,
K’ile ogo to mo,
Ma bo, Jesu ma bo!
3. Awon ota npo si,
Agbara esu nga;
Ogun ngbona, igbagbo nku,
Ife si di tutu
cr Y’o ti pe to! Baba,
Oloto, Olore!
‘Wo ki y’o koya omije
At’eje Ijo Re,
Ma bo, Jesu ma bo!
4. mf A nfe gbo ohun Re,
A nfe f’oju kan O,
K’a le gba ade at’ogo
B’a ti ngba ore Re;
f Jo, wa m’ese kuro!
At’egun at’eri,
K’o si so aaye osi yi
D’aye rere Tire
cr Ma bo, Jesu ma bo.
Amin.
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