
1 Come, let us, who in Christ believe,
Our common Saviour praise,
To Him with joyful voices give
The glory of His grace.
2 He now stands knocking at the door
Of every sinner's heart;
The worst need keep Him out no more,
Or force Him to depart.
3 Through grace we hearken to Thy voice,
Yield to be saved from sin;
In sure and certain hope rejoice
That Thou wilt enter in.
4 Come quickly in, Thou heavenly Guest,
Nor ever hence remove;
But sup with us, and let the feast
Be everlasting love.
Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book: official hymn book of the Methodist Church #425
First Line: | Come, let us who in Christ believe |
Title: | Come, Let us Who in Christ Believe |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Come, let us who in Christ believe. C. Wesley. [Praise to Christ.] Appeared in his Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 2nd Series, Lond. 1741, No. 8, in 14 stanzas of 4 lines. In the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780, stanzas i., xii., xiii., xiv. were given as No. 200. This cento has been repeated in various collections in Great Britain and America, and is the received form of the hymn. See Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1875, No. 208, and the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal , 1878, No. 28 (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. iii. p. 64).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)