Text:O Come, Divine Messiah
Author:Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, 1663-1745
Translator:S. Mary of St. Philip
Tune:VENEZ, DIVIN MESSIE
Harmonizer:Healy Willan, 1880-1968

479. O Come, Divine Messiah

1 O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph,
And sadness flee away.

Refrain:
Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph,
And sadness flee away.

2 O come, Desired of nations,
Whom priest and prophet long foretold,
Will break the captive fetters,
Redeem the long-lost fold. [Refrain]

3 O come in peace and meekness,
For lowly will your cradle be:
Though clothed in human weakness
We shall your Godhead see. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O come, Divine Messiah
Title: O Come, Divine Messiah
French Title: Venez, divin Messie
Author: Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, 1663-1745
Translator: S. Mary of St. Philip (1877)
Refrain First Line: Dear Savior, haste!
Meter: 7 8 7 6 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Scripture:
Topic: Advent; Captivity; Confidence (7 more...)
Tune Information
Name: VENEZ, DIVIN MESSIE
Harmonizer: Healy Willan, 1880-1968
Meter: 7 8 7 6 with refrain
Key: G Major or modal
Source: French Noël, 16th C.
Copyright: Harm. © 1958, Ralph Jusko Publications, Inc.



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