The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#415

415. O, Comfort to the dreary!

1 O, Comfort to the dreary!
O, Joy to the oppressed!
"Come unto Me, ye weary,
And I will give you rest."
O, come with all your weakness,
Come with your load of woe;
And learn of him with meekness
All righteousness to know.

2 Enslaved of Romish error,
Worn out with fruitless pains,
Reapers of doubt and terror,
Come, cast away your chains!
Renounce the superstition
By all the world preferred;
And turn from vain tradition
To His redeeming word.

3 Ye who the world have courted,
And suffered from its spite;
Ye who with sin have sported,
And felt its serpent bite;
Come, learn, your follies quitting,
That this world's gain is loss;
To Christ's light yoke submitting,
Come, and take up the cross.

4 O come, and make the trial;
Christ's service is release;
If hard the self-denial,
Its fruit is joy and peace.
His word your faith defending,
Shall nerve you for the strife;
Peace all your steps attending;
The prize, eternal life!

Text Information

• First Line: O, Comfort to the dreary!
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Warning and Invitation
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley
• Meter: 7s & 6s, D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #492, 246, or 357.