LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Morisson
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1781
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 51:17; Hos 6:1-4; Ps 30:5
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 143
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 490
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 429
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 206
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 607
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 402
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 33
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 342
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 194
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 584
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 97
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 114
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 118
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 221
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 72
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 577
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 516
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MUSIC
| Name: | KILMARNOCK
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Neil Dougall
| | Dates: | 1831
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Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 33
| D
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 76
| D
| Believers Hymn Book
| 432
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 423
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 429
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 305
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 50
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 108
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
| ABRIDGE | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Isaac Smith | | ST. BERNARD | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | 1741 Tochter Sion, Cologne & John Richardson | | ST. FRANCIS XAVIER | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | John Stainer | | BYZANTIUM | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Thomas Jackson | | ABBEY | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | (1615) Scottish Psalter | | BELMONT | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Samuel Webbe & Gardener's Sacred Melodies | | KEDRON | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Anonymous |
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| 1. Come, let us to the Lord our God
With contrite hearts return;
Our God is gracious, nor will leave
The desolate to mourn.
2. His voice commands
the tempest forth
And stills the stormy wave;
And though His arm
be strong to smite,
’Tis also strong to save.
3. Long hath the night
of sorrow reigned,
The dawn shall bring us light;
God shall appear, and we shall rise
With gladness in His sight.
4. Our hearts, if God we seek to know,
Shall know Him, and rejoice;
His coming like the morn shall be,
Like morning songs His voice.
5. As dew upon the tender herb
Diffusing fragrance round,
As show’rs that usher in the spring,
And cheer the thirsty ground.
6. So shall His presence
bless our souls,
And shed a joyful light;
That hallowed morn
shall chase away
The sorrows of the night.
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