Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#412

412. Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish

1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;
Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel:
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure."

3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
• Author (stanzas 1 and 2): Thomas Moore (1816)
• Author (stanza 3): Thomas Hastings (1831)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER
• Meter: 11 10, 11 10
• Key: C Major
• Source: Adapted from Samuel Webbe, 1792