I’ve Been Waiting for You

Only those few words of greet­ing

Yet all through the sum­mer day

In a teach­er’s heart were thrill­ing

Echoes sweet that seemed to say:

“O dear friend

from strange

far coun­try

You came o’er the ocean blue!

Did you hear our voic­es call­ing

Did you know we longed for you?

“Long the wait

the eag­er pin­ing

Oh

how oft our hearts would swell;

Waiting long

with hope and pa­tience

For the sto­ry you would tell!

Now you come

and so I bless you

For the hope you bring to me;

For the joy­ful

glo­ri­ous pro­mise

That mine eyes will Heav­en see!

Like your Lord

you came to show us

How to reach our heav’n­ly home

Give us light

dis­pel our dark­ness

Show us para­dise to come!

Brothers

sis­ters

hear them plead­ing

Listen to the sto­ry true:

From afar

come cry­ing voic­es

“Here we wait

we wait for you!

Waiting for you to re­mem­ber

That we nev­er here have heard

Of the joy that makes life bright­ness

Of the com­fort in God’s word!

For we too

we need a Sav­ior!

For life’s sor­row

pain and fear!

O dear Christ­ians

send the Gos­pel

Send the truth you hold so dear!

Are you list­en­ing to their voic­es?

Do you long to heed the call?

Our Re­deem­er

who we trust­ed

He has said He died for all!

So we speed

with pray­ers

our an­swer

To send far across the sea

To sad hearts

in dark­ness dwell­ing

Waiting still for you and me!