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Text:Come, Said Jesus' Sacred Voice
Author:Anna L. Barbauld
Tune:FORGIVENESS
Composer:George M. Garrett
Media:MIDI file

1009. Come, Said Jesus' Sacred Voice

1. Come, said Jesus’ sacred voice,
“Come, and make My paths your choice;
I will guide you to your home,
Weary pilgrim, hither come.

2. “Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn,
Long hast borne the proud world’s scorn,
Long hast roamed the barren waste,
Weary pilgrim, hither haste.

3. “Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,
Seek for ease, but seek in vain;
Ye whose swollen, sleepless eyes
Watch to see the morning rise.

4. Ye, by fiercer anguish torn,
In remorse for guilt who mourn.
Here repose your heavy care:
Who the stings of guilt can bear?

5. Hither come, for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound,
Peace that ever shall endure,
Rest eternal, sacred, sure.

Text Information
First Line: Come, said Jesus' sacred voice
Title: Come, Said Jesus' Sacred Voice
Author: Anna L. Barbauld (1792, rev.)
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: FORGIVENESS
Composer: George M. Garrett (1872, alt.)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 36523 43517 45655
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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