386. The Comforter Has Come

1 O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound.
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain:
The Comforter has come! The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n,
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found:
The Comforter has come!

2 The long, long night is past; the morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

3 Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To every captive soul a full deliv'rance brings;
And thro' the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

4 O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine -
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine?
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found
Title: The Comforter Has Come
Author: Frank Bottome
Meter: 12.12.12.6. with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Topic: The Holy Spirit
Tune Information
Name: COMFORTER
Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick
Meter: 12.12.12.6. with Refrain
Key: B♭ Major



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