The phrase "returning" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
returning
...With lamp trimmed and burning,
For my Lord’s returning,
Lest I be not ready for that day;...
With lamp trimmed and burning,
For my Lord’s returning,
Lest I be not ready for that day;
...On the sinful God has pity;
Those returning God forgives.
This is what the Lord is saying...
On the sinful God has pity;
Those returning God forgives.
This is what the Lord is saying
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Lord, on Thy returning day,
From common labor freed,...
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Lord, on Thy returning day,
From common labor freed,
...We’ve no task, nor toil today;
And the Sabbath morn returning,
Tells a week has passed away....
We’ve no task, nor toil today;
And the Sabbath morn returning,
Tells a week has passed away.
...From our home are far away,
For the absent ones returning,
How we long, and watch, and pray....
From our home are far away,
For the absent ones returning,
How we long, and watch, and pray.
...’Tis the Savior, blessèd Lord,
On His bright returning way.
O Thou long expected! Weary...
’Tis the Savior, blessèd Lord,
On His bright returning way.
O Thou long expected! Weary
...The shadows of the passing night,
Again to conscious life returning,
We bless Thee for the newborn light....
The shadows of the passing night,
Again to conscious life returning,
We bless Thee for the newborn light.
...To realms of glory in the skies
I see my Lord returning,
While I, a stranger in the earth,...
To realms of glory in the skies
I see my Lord returning,
While I, a stranger in the earth,
...Release the fettered heart.
Let Israel, home returning
Their lost Messiah see;...
Release the fettered heart.
Let Israel, home returning
Their lost Messiah see;
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Thine holy day’s returning
Our hearts exult to see,...
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Thine holy day’s returning
Our hearts exult to see,
...We’ll sing the song again,
As each returning Christmas Eve
Brings peace, good will to men....
We’ll sing the song again,
As each returning Christmas Eve
Brings peace, good will to men.
...And the heart of God is yearning,
To His loving arms returning,
Give thy wand’ring o’er....
And the heart of God is yearning,
To His loving arms returning,
Give thy wand’ring o’er.
...Removed from the open door;
There is time for thy soul’s returning
Ere the day of grace is o’er....
Removed from the open door;
There is time for thy soul’s returning
Ere the day of grace is o’er.
...Mercy still is on the throne;
With Thy smiles and love returning,
We can sing, Thy will be done....
Mercy still is on the throne;
With Thy smiles and love returning,
We can sing, Thy will be done.
...Jesu, Thy mercies are untold
Through each returning day;
Thy love exceeds a thousand fold...
Jesu, Thy mercies are untold
Through each returning day;
Thy love exceeds a thousand fold
...But on His grace rely,
That with returning wants, the Lord
Will all our need supply....
But on His grace rely,
That with returning wants, the Lord
Will all our need supply.
...We tell it o’er and o’er;
And each returning Easter day,
We love it more and more....
We tell it o’er and o’er;
And each returning Easter day,
We love it more and more.
...And when the gleam of morn touches our eyes,
And the returning day bids us arise,
Happy beneath Thy will, steadfast in joy or ill,...
And when the gleam of morn touches our eyes,
And the returning day bids us arise,
Happy beneath Thy will, steadfast in joy or ill,
...With heart and voice we all rejoice,
On this returning day.
For once again the promise-strain...
With heart and voice we all rejoice,
On this returning day.
For once again the promise-strain
...And there will not be, for there cannot be,
A returning sinner left to die.
Every seeker shall find, and to those who knock...
And there will not be, for there cannot be,
A returning sinner left to die.
Every seeker shall find, and to those who knock
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