Full Lyrics
Mercer's Cluster, 1810
1. O how I have longed for the coming of God
And sought him by praying and searching his word,
To fasting and weeping my soul was pressed,
Nor would I give over till Jesus had blessed.
2. The tokens of mercy at length did appear,
According to promise he answered with prayer,
To Israel, salvation from Zion doth roll,
And glory is risen and beams on my soul.
3. The good news of mercy is spreading abroad,
And sinners are crying and turning to God,
Their tears of contrition now pour like a flood,
And some have found favor in Jesus’s blood.
4. Here’s more, my dear Jesus, that fall at thy feet,
Oppressed by a burden enormously great,
O raise them, dear Jesus, to tell of thy love,
And sing of thy glory like angels above.
5. Shout all the creation below and above.
Ascribing salvation to Jesus's love,
Break forth into singing ye trees of the wood,
For Jesus is bringing lost sinners to God!
6. Let all who have being rejoice now and sing,
O God make the nations with praises to ring,
With loud acclamations of Jesus's love,
And carry us up to the city above.
7. We’ll wait for his chariot, it seems to draw near,
O come my dear Savior, let glory appear;
We long to be singing and shouting above,
With angels o’erwhelmed in the ocean of love.
