Together in Song ‎#443

443. Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell

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 responding souls possess,
and learn the height, and breadth, and length
of your immeasurable grace.

3 Now to the God whose power can do
more than our thoughts or wishes know
be everlasting honours done
by all the church, through Christ his Son.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
• Meter: 88.88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 3:14-17
  ;
  Romans 5:1-5
• Topic: Beginning of Worship; Christian Community; Grace; Holiness; Holy Spirit; Intimate Love; Invocation; Joy; Mystery of God's Love; Opening Hymn; People of God

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' CANON
• Composer: Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-85
• Meter: 88.88
• Key: G Major
• Source: Shortened form of melody from Thomas Rvenscroft's 'Psalmes", 1621