on­ly wait­ing

The phrase "on­ly wait­ing" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“on­ly wait­ing”· 3 hymns found
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Of this change­ful life are gone.
Amid the gay and thought­less throng,
World of hap­pi­ness and mirth.

on­ly wait­ing

Till this wea­ry life is o’er;
To hear the sum­mons: Child, come home;
Only wait­ing for the dawn;

Only Waiting

Lyricist: W. G. Irvin, 1874
Composer: James Fillmore
Hymn 1

...Of this change­ful life are gone.

I am wait­ing, on­ly wait­ing,

Till this wea­ry life is o’er;...

HymnC

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Of this change­ful life are gone.

I am wait­ing, on­ly wait­ing,

Till this wea­ry life is o’er;

Only Waiting

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Merrill)

Lyricist: H. A. Merrill, 1879
Composer: George Stebbins
Hymn 2

...Amid the gay and thought­less throng,

For I am on­ly wait­ing here

To hear the sum­mons: Child, come home;...

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Amid the gay and thought­less throng,

For I am on­ly wait­ing here

To hear the sum­mons: Child, come home;

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Merrill)

Waiting (Gortner)

Lyricist: Narver Gortner, 1896
Composer: Curtis Strickland
Hymn 3

...World of hap­pi­ness and mirth.

Only wait­ing, on­ly wait­ing,

Only wait­ing for the dawn;...

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World of hap­pi­ness and mirth.

Only wait­ing, on­ly wait­ing,

Only wait­ing for the dawn;

Waiting (Gortner)

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