Lord, When Wilt Thou Extend Thy Sway?

Lord

when wilt Thou ex­tend Thy sway

O’er ev­ery hu­man heart?

When wilt Thou take the veil away

And bid the gloom de­part?

Behold how thick a cloud is spread

Over this world of woe;

How sin lifts up her shame­less head

And reigns with pom­pous show.

See how de­grad­ed and for­lorn

Thy Church on earth ap­pears;

While foes in­sult with bit­ter scorn

And tri­umph in her tears.

Arise

O Lord

lift up Thy hand

And break the hearts of stone;

Thy con­quests spread

till ev­ery land

Thy sav­ing love shall own.

Let grace light up the ut­most bound

Of Sa­tan’s dark do­main;

And sin­ners at the Gos­pel sound

Awake to life again.