Wait, and Murmur Not

O troubled heart, there is a home
Beyond the reach of toil and care;
A home where changes never come:
Who would not fain be resting there?

Refrain

O wait, meekly wait, and murmur not,
O wait, meekly wait, and murmur not
O wait, O wait,
O wait, and murmur not.

Yet when bowed down beneath the load
By Heav’n allowed, thine earthly lot;
Look up! thou’lt reach that blest abode;
Wait, meekly wait, and murmur not.

Refrain

Toil on, nor deem, tho’ sore it be,
One sigh unheard, one prayer forgot;
The day of rest will dawn for thee;
Wait, meekly wait, and murmur not.

Refrain

Author: William J. Kirkpatrick

Year: 1885

William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921) is the most commonly credited author of both words and music for this gospel song. Some hymnals list him solely as composer and attribute the text to an anonymous or traditional source, but primary sources from the 1880s onward most frequently name him as the lyricist.