When The Waiting Time
- Words:
- Fred A. Fillmore
- Music:
- Fred A. Fillmore
Sheet music
- 1When the waiting time is over,When the Master bids us come,In the glad and bright forever,We shall rest in peace at home.When the waiting(When the waiting, waiting, waiting,) time is over,(When the waiting time is over,)When from sin and(When the waiting time is over,) sorrow free,(When from sin and sorrow free,)We shall meet beyond(We shall meet beyond the river,) the river,(When the waiting time is over, eternally.)There to dwell eternally.
- 2When the waiting time is over,Battles fought and vict'ries won,We shall hear the Savior's welcome,"Good and faithful one, well done."When the waiting(When the waiting, waiting, waiting,) time is over,(When the waiting time is over,)When from sin and(When the waiting time is over,) sorrow free,(When from sin and sorrow free,)We shall meet beyond(We shall meet beyond the river,) the river,(When the waiting time is over, eternally.)There to dwell eternally.
- 3When the waiting time is over,When the toils of life are past,We shall sing with holy rapture,"Praise the Lord, we're home at last."When the waiting(When the waiting, waiting, waiting,) time is over,(When the waiting time is over,)When from sin and(When the waiting time is over,) sorrow free,(When from sin and sorrow free,)We shall meet beyond(We shall meet beyond the river,) the river,(When the waiting time is over, eternally.)There to dwell eternally.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1885, the words are in 18 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.