How Many Years Has Man Been Driven

How ma­ny years has man been driv­en

Far off from hap­pi­ness and Heav­en?

When wilt Thou

gra­cious Lord

re­store

Thy wan­der­ing church

to roam no more?

Six thou­sand years are near­ly past

Since Ad­am from Thy sight was cast;

And ev­er since

his fall­en race

From age to age

is void of grace.

When will the hap­py trump pro­claim

The judg­ment of the mar­tyred Lamb?

When shall the cap­tive troops be free

And keep the eter­nal ju­bi­lee!

Hasten it

Lord

in ev­ery land;

Send Thou thine an­gels and command

Go

sound de­li­ver­ance; loud­ly blow

Salvation to the saints be­low.

We want to have the day ap­pear!

The pro­mised great sab­ba­tic year

When

far from grief

and sin

and hell

Israel in cease­less peace shall dwell.