Voices Together ‎#643

643. Come, Ye Disconsolate

1 Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish,
come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish.
Earth has no sorrows that Heav’n 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 Heav’n 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 Heav’n can remove.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish
• Title: Come, Ye Disconsolate
• Author (stanzas 1–2): Thomas Moore
• Author (stanza 3): Thomas Hastings
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Matthew 11:28-30
  ;
  John 14:15-27
  ;
  2 Corinthians 1:3-7
  ;
  Hebrews 4:14-16
• Topic: Assurance of Grace; Comfort; God: Presence of; Healing; Holy Spirit; Hope; Jesus Christ: Images and Names of; Suffering; Trials
• Source: stanzas 1–2 Thomas Moore (Ireland), Sacred Songs, Duets and Trios, 1816, alt.; stanza 3 Thomas Hastings (USA), Spiritual Songs for Social Worship, 1831

Tune Information

• Name: CONSOLATOR (CONSOLOATION)
• Composer: Samuel Webbe Sr.
• Composer (Accompaniment): Alice Parker (1977)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Key: C Major
• Source: A Collection of Motetts and Antiphons, 1792
• Notes: Chord symbols do not correspond with keyboard accompaniment.