The Cyber Hymnal ‎#776

776. Come, Dearest Lord

1. Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel
The joys that cannot be expressed.

2. Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make our enlargèd souls possess,
And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of Thine unmeasurable grace.

3. Now to the God whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honors done
By all the Church, through Christ His Son.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
• Title: Come, Dearest Lord
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, 1707, number 135
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: FEDERAL STREET
• Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver (1832)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33343 55434 44334
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain