“Yet count we not His promise slack, But watch and wait for Him.”
- Date
- 1862
Meaning of “Yet count we not His promise slack, But…”
The speakers continue waiting despite delay because they interpret the promise through faith, combining endurance with explicitly religious expectation.
Where does it come from?
“Advent,” Project Gutenberg #16950. 'His' refers to Christ; the line remains Christian devotional poetry rather than being generalized into an evidence-free guarantee about outcomes.