The Book of Praise ‎#195

195. Come, ye disconsolate

1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish;
come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
here bring your wounded hearts; here tell your anguish:
earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.

2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
here speaks the comforter, tenderly saying,
earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot cure.

3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing
forth from the throne of God, pure from above:
come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
earth has no sorrows but heaven can remove.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
• Title: Come, ye disconsolate
• Author: Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872
• Author: Thomas Moore, 1779-1852
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Topic: Church Year: Lent; Comfort / Consolation; Communion; Feast / Food; Gratitude; Healing / Health; Heaven; Hope; Water
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CONSOLATION
• Composer: Samuel Webbe, the younger, 1770-1843
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain