To wait for that important day,
When Christ His glorious power'll display,
Be this our one great care:
To do His will, our business here;
No toil to shun, no danger fear;
Resolved our cross to bear.
And though He should prolong His stay,
And sinners mock at the delay,
His people need not fear;
The Man who wore the crown of thorns,
Whose claim the world rejects and scorns,
In glory will appear.
In patience, then, we now may rest
(Assured the Father's time is best),
And all His Word obey:
We wait till that blest day shall come
When Jesus will convey us home,
And all His power display.