Lent, Day 36. Wednesday in Holy Week

Come suddenly, O Lord, or slowly come,
I wait Thy will, Thy servant ready is;
Thou hast prepared Thy follower a home,
The heaven in which Thou dwellest, too, is his.

Come in the morn, at noon, or midnight deep,
Come, for Thy servant still doth watch and pray
E’en when the world around is sunk in sleep,
I wake, and long to see Thy glorious day.

I would not fix the time, the day, the hour,
When Thou with all Thine angels shalt appear;
When in Thy kingdom Thou shalt come with power,
E’en now, perhaps, the promised day is near!

For though, in slumber deep, the world may lie,
And e’en Thy church forget Thy great command;
Still year by year Thy coming draweth nigh,
And in its power Thy kingdom is at hand.

Not in some future world alone 't will be,
Beyond the grave, beyond the bounds of Time;
But on earth Thy glory we shall see,
And share Thy triumph, peaceful, pure, sublime.

Lord! help me that I faint not, weary grow,
Nor at Thy coming slumber too, and sleep;
For Thou has promised, and full well I know;
Thou wilt to us Thy word of promise keep.

-Jones Very