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Text:O Come, O Come, Immanuel
Tune:VENI EMMANUEL
Arranger:Thomas Helmore

274. O Come, O Come, Immanuel

1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
shall come to you, O Israel!

2 O come, O wisdom from on high,
and order all far and nigh;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in her ways to go. [Refrain]

3 O come, O bright and morning star,
and bring us comfort from afar!
Dispel the shadows of the night
and turn our darkness into light. [Refrain]

4 O come, Desire of Nations, bind
all peoples in one heart and mind;
bid envy, strife and quarrels cease;
fill the whole world with heaven's peace. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O come, O come, Immanuel
Title: O Come, O Come, Immanuel
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Advent; Christian year--Advent
Source: Latin, 9th cent.
Tune Information
Name: VENI EMMANUEL
Arranger: Thomas Helmore (1854)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.
Key: e minor
Source: Gregorian Plain Song, Mode I.



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