Hymn
Longing After Christ
I long to behold him arrayed
With glory and light from above;
The King in his beauty displayed,
His beauty of holiest love:
I languish, and sigh to be there,
Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;
O, when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mountain of God?
With him, I on Zion shall stand,
For Jesus has spoken the word;
The breadth of Immanuel's land,
Survey, by the side of my Lord.
But when, on thy bosom reclined,
Thy face I am strengthened to see,
My fullness of rapture I find,
My heaven of heavens, in thee.
How happy the people whose home
Is found in the city of God!
As pilgrims no more they shall roam,
Nor travel a dangerous road.
Physician divine, unto me
Thy soul-healing blessing now give,
And keep me while waiting for thee,
And then to that city receive.
Longing After Christ — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/longing-after-christ
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Longing After Christ?
The words of Longing After Christ were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Pressure of Sin and Gentle Jesus.
Is Longing After Christ public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Longing After Christ?
Longing After Christ is in Long Metre Double (8.8.8.8 D). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Faith Triumphing and Of the Glory of God in the Starry Heavens.