Come to the ark, come to the ark

Come to the ark, come to the ark

Published in 39 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Come to the ark, come to the ark;
To Jesus come away:
The pestilence walks forth by night,
The arrows fly by day.

2 Come to the ark: the waters rise,
The seas their billows rear;
While darkness gathers o'er the skies,
Behold a refuge near!

3 Come to the ark, all, all that weep
Beneath the sense of sin:
Without, deep calleth unto deep,
But all is peace within.

4 Come to the ark, ere yet the flood
Your lingering steps oppose;
Come, for the door which open stood
Is now about to close.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #840

Text Information

First Line: Come to the ark, come to the ark
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come to the ark, come to the ark. [Invitation.] This anonymous hymn has been traced to Percy Francis Hall's Christian Hymn Book, 1841. It was repeated in J. Column's Collection, 1846; H. W. Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855; and in several later hymn-books in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #232

Asaph #d53

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Church music #427

Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d54

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Plymouth Collection #a773

Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d30

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #483

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #483

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Songs for the Sanctuary #483

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Songs for the Sanctuary #483

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #360

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Songs of Pilgrimage #509

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Songs of the Church #257

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d170

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #47

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d76

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #385

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #218.385

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #773

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The Baptist Hymn Book #385

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The Baptist Praise Book #590

The Bible Hymn Book #d41

The Book of Worship #d85

The Choralist #d64

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The Christian Hymn Book #292

The Christian Hymnal #d119

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The Christian Hymnal #175

The Church-Book #d73

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The Heavenly Choir #137a

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d105

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad105

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The National Baptist Hymnal #269

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #39a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d164

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The Sabbath School Hymn and Tune Book #113

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The Voice of Praise #840

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #483

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Songs for the Sanctuary #483

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