Hymn 203
THE COMFORTER HAS COME
Verse 1
O, spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
Where ever human hearts,
And human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue,
Proclaim the joyful sound;
The Comforter has come!
Where ever man is found,
Where ever human hearts,
And human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue,
Proclaim the joyful sound;
The Comforter has come!
Chorus
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
Verse 2
The long, long night is past,
The morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail,
And fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills,
The day advances fast;
The Comforter has come!
The morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail,
And fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills,
The day advances fast;
The Comforter has come!
Chorus
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
Verse 3
Behold, the King of kings,
With healing in his wings,
To every captive soul,
A full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells,
The song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!
With healing in his wings,
To every captive soul,
A full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells,
The song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!
Chorus
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
Verse 4
O boundless Love divine!
How shall this tongue of mine,
To wond’ring mortals tell,
The matchless grace divine,
That I, a child of sin,
Should in his image shine!
The Comforter has come!
How shall this tongue of mine,
To wond’ring mortals tell,
The matchless grace divine,
That I, a child of sin,
Should in his image shine!
The Comforter has come!
Chorus
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
Verse 5
Sing, till the echoes fly,
Above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above,
To all below reply,
In strains of endless love,
The song that ne’er will die;
Above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above,
To all below reply,
In strains of endless love,
The song that ne’er will die;
Chorus
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!
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