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Text:Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
Author:Horatius Bonar
Tune:ST BRIDE
Composer:Samuel Howard

235. Come, Lord, and Tarry Not

1 Come Lord, and tarry not;
Bring the long-looked-for day;
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me!

2 Come, for Thy saints still wait;
Daily ascends their sigh:
Where only Christ is heard to speak
Where Jesus reigns alone;

3 Come, for creation groans,
Impatient of Thy stay,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within;

4 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine;
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine!

5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above,
Write Thy new Name upon my heart,
Thy new, best Name of Love.

AMEN.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Lord, and tarry not
Title: Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
Author: Horatius Bonar (1846)
Meter: S M
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Kingdomtide
Tune Information
Name: ST BRIDE
Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
Meter: S M
Key: g minor



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