Come, Let Us Sing

Come, let us sing of a wonderful love

Author: Robert Walmsley
Published in 29 hymnals

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1 Come, let us sing of a wonderful love,
tender and true,
out of the heart of the Father above,
streaming to me and to you:
wonderful love
dwells in the heart of the Father above.

2 Jesus, the Saviour, this gospel to tell,
joyfully came,
came with the helpless and hopeless to dwell,
sharing their sorrow and shame;
seeking the lost,
saving, redeeming at measureless cost.

3 Jesus is seeking the wanderers yet;
why do they roam,
Love only waits to forgive and forget;
home, weary wanderers, home!
Wonderful love
dwells in the heart of the Father above.

4 Come to my heart, O thou wonderful Love,
come and abide,
lifting my life till it rises above
envy and falsehood and pride;
seeking to be
lowly and humble, a learner of thee.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #514

Author: Robert Walmsley

Walmsley, Robert, was b. at Manchester March 18, 1831, went to Sale in 1870, where he was till 1904 in business as a jeweller, and d. at Sale Oct. 30, 1905. He was a Congregationalist, and was for 28 years connected with the work of the Manchester Sunday School Union, many of his hymns being written for the annual Whitweek Festival. He published 44 of them, with a preface dated Dec. 1900, as Sacred Songs for Children of all Ages. They are simple, musical, full of a deep love of God, of the works of God in nature, and of little children, and deserve to be more extensively used. The best-known of the longer hymns are:— 1. O praise our God to-day; Ye people haste to pay. [Praise to God.] Dated 1899, and included in his Sacred Songs, &… Go to person page >

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Instances (1 - 29 of 29)

An Nou Chanté! #26

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #121

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Complete Mission Praise #94

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CPWI Hymnal #514

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d30

Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #80

Hymns and Psalms #691

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Premier Hymns #182

Singing the Faith #443

Songs of Fellowship #72

Songs of the Gospel #d15

The American Hymnal #d85

The Book of Hymns (A fresh anthology of favourite hymns) #36

The Book of Praise #399

The Book of Praise #412

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The Book of Praise #706

The Canadian Youth Hymnal #34

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The Cyber Hymnal #917

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #223

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #223

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #126

The Hymnal #d67

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #488

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #488

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #314

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #548

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The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal #38

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Trinity Hymnal #669

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Voices United #574

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