Come and taste, along with me

Come and taste along with me, Consolations running free

Author: John Leland
Tune: COME AND TASTE WITH ME
Published in 103 hymnals

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Representative Text

1.
Come and taste, along with me,
Consolation running free,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

2.
From our Father's wealthy throne,
Sweeter than the honeycomb,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

3.
Wherefore should I feast alone?
Two are better far than one,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory

4.
All that come with free good will
Make the banquet sweeter still,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

5.
Now I go to mercy's door,
Asking for a little more,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

6.
Jesus gives a double share,
Calling me his chosen heir,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

7.
Goodness, running like a stream
Through the new Jerusalem,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

8.
By a constant breaking forth,
Sweetens earth and heaven both,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

9.
Saints and angels sing aloud,
To behold the shining crowd,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

10.
Coming in at mercy's door,
Making still the number more,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

11.
Heaven's here, and heaven's there,
Comfort flowing everywhere,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

12.
And I boldly do profess
That my soul hath got a taste,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

13.
Now I'll go rejoicing home
From the banquet of perfume,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

14.
Finding manna on the road,
Dropping from the throne of God,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

15.
O, return, ye sons of grace,
Turn and see God's smiling face,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

16.
Hark! he calls backsliders home,
Then from him no longer roam,
(Repeat previous line)
And I will give him glory.

'Tis religion we believe,
O, glory, hallelujah!
Soon it will land our souls up yonder;
Glory, hallelujah!



Source: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #105

Author: John Leland

Leland, John, an American Baptist minister, was born at Grafton, Massachusetts, on May 15th, 1754, and began to preach at the age of 20. From 1776 to 1790 he was in Virginia, and thereafter in Massachusetts, mostly at Cheshire. He died Jan. 14, 1841. His Sermons, Addresses, Essays and Autobiography were published by his niece, Miss L. F. Greene, at Lanesboro, Massachusetts, in 1845. His influence seems to have been equalled by his peculiarities. We hear of his "restless activity and roving disposition"; his "mad devotion to politics," wherein he had much local and temporary weight; his "ready wit and endless eccentricities;" as also of his high character. Of the hymns which have been ascribed to him, some on doubtful authority, the followin… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Come and taste along with me, Consolations running free
Title: Come and taste, along with me
Author: John Leland
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I'll praise God and you'll praise God
Copyright: Public Domain

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