How Long, O How Long?

How long

O how long

Must our plead­ing be vain?

How long till the Christ­ian

Shall loos­en the chain

That binds us in ig­no­rance

Mighty and strong;

How long

O ye Christ­ians

How long

O how long?

How long must we wait

And con­tin­ue to cry

Come ov­er and help us

O come ere we die?

O where is sal­va­tion

So full and so free?

We’re wait­ing

O Christ­ians

God’s peo­ple to be.

O heed thou our plead­ing

Nor long­er de­lay;

Our peo­ple are hea­then

They know not the way;

Then come

quick­ly come

Bring your mes­sage of peace

To save us from ru­in—

Our souls to re­lease.

Despised and for­sak­en

No Bi­ble

no God;

We long to be free

From id­ola­try’s rod;

O hear us

while out of

The dark­ness we cry:

Come ov­er and help us

O come

ere we die.