Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Hebrews 10:37
Words: A. J. Crider, in Fount of Blessing, edited by Robert G. Staples (Chicago, Illinois & Cincinnati, Ohio: Central Book Concern, 1880), page 127.
Music: John F. Kinsey (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Crider’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Only a little more sorrow,
Only a little more pain;
Only a little more sighing—
Jesus is coming again.
Then, if I have been accepted,
Dying shall be my gain;
I shall be freed from its sorrows,
Jesus is coming again.
Only a little while longer,
Chilled by the blasts of the wind;
Only a few passing shadows,
Only a few sheaves to bind.
Jesus, I know, will be waiting,
Waiting for me to come;
And when the grain is all garnered,
Reapers shall shout, Harvest Home.