The phrase "A little longer" resonates through 7 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
A little longer
...Tho’ with thorns thy hands are torn,
Cling a little longer!
Thorns shall change to waving palms,...
Tho’ with thorns thy hands are torn,
Cling a little longer!
Thorns shall change to waving palms,
...Not now, my child, a little more rough tossing,
A little longer on the billows’ foam;
A few more journeyings in the desert darkness,...
Not now, my child, a little more rough tossing,
A little longer on the billows’ foam;
A few more journeyings in the desert darkness,
...They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little—none can know....
They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little—none can know.
...For the glad triumphant dawn?
Wait a little longer, brother,
Work for Jesus while you wait;...
For the glad triumphant dawn?
Wait a little longer, brother,
Work for Jesus while you wait;
...Be very patient still.
Suffer us, yet, O Lord, a little longer;
With all our broken purposes of good—...
Be very patient still.
Suffer us, yet, O Lord, a little longer;
With all our broken purposes of good—
...To this withered heart of mine;
Light my path a little longer,
With Thy beams of light divine;...
To this withered heart of mine;
Light my path a little longer,
With Thy beams of light divine;
...That while in this frail house of clay
A little longer here we stay,
Our flesh in Thee may sweetly sleep,...
That while in this frail house of clay
A little longer here we stay,
Our flesh in Thee may sweetly sleep,
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