| Not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (Rom. 8:23‑24) |
| We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Gal. 5:5) |
In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes,
Waiting to see the Morning Star arise;
How bright, how gladsome will His advent
be,
Before the Sun shines forth in majesty. |
No stain within; no foes or snares around;
No jarring notes shall there discordant
sound;
All pure without, all pure within the breast;
No thorns to wound, no toil to mar our rest. |
