While Nature Yielding to Despair

While na­ture yield­ing to des­pair

Her blast­ed ex­pect­ation mourns

After a length of years the pray­er

In the most help­less case re­turns

The peace­ful word at last comes down

And lo

the bar­ren bears a son!

Then let us pa­tient­ly at­tend

To Him the time and man­ner leave

Till God the long sought bless­ing send

Till Christ His gra­cious full­ness give

And faith’s ma­tur­est fruit we prove

In fin­ished ho­li­ness and love.