Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#164

164. You Bid Us Visit in Distress

1. You bid us visit in distress
The widow and the parentless,
But will you leave us comfortless?
Will you depart?
Will you, O Lord, your church forsake?
Must she a widow's garments make?
Will you your children orphans make?
O grief of heart.

2. No! Christ will visit in distress
The widow and the parentless.
He seems to leave you comfortless
But loves you most:
For he departs so he may send
Another Comforter and Friend
To stay with you until the end,
The Holy Ghost.

3. And now the fortieth from rebirth
To endless life from womb of earth
Will be a day of joy and mirth
In realms above,
For though your earthly course will end,
To Zion's gates you will ascend
To be our great High Priest and send
The heav'nly Dove.

4. Why then this sorrow and dismay?
It's good he now should go away;
He goes so for you he may pray
And never cease;
He goes as man so you may see
By faith his present deity,
So here the Comforter may be,
And give you peace.

Text Information

• First Line: You bid us visit in distress
• Title: You Bid Us Visit in Distress
• Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1862)
• Meter: 8.8.8.4.8.8.8.4
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  John 14:16-18
  ;
  Ephesians 2:14
• Topic: Resurrection
• Notes: Text by Anglican priest Christopher Wordsworth, from The Holy Year (1862), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: HE COMES
• Composer: J. Raymond Neff (1907)
• Meter: 8.8.8.4.8.8.8.4
• Incipit: 53214 313
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Truth in Song (Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, 1907)