3 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep,

Though mercy long delay;

Courage, our fainting souls to keep,

And trust thee though thou slay.

4 Give these, and then--thy will be done--

Thus strengthened with all might,

We by the Spirit and thy Son,

Shall pray, and pray aright.

James Montgomery, 1819.

390 Brown. C.M.