

                            "Come, Ye Disconsolate"
                    by Thomas Moore, 1779-1852; Stanza 1, 2
                    by Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872; Stanza 3
                                  Text From:
                     THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
              (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.374



	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.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #531 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Heb. 4:16
        Author: Thomas Moore, 1816, alt.; St. 1, 2
        Author: Thomas Hastings, 1832; St. 3
        Composer: Samuel Webbe, 1792
        Tune: "Alma Redemptoris mater"
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