Sinner, Come

Sinner! come, 'mid thy gloom

Author: Thomas Hastings
Published in 44 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Sinner, come,
Mid thy gloom,
All thy guilt confessing;
Trembling, now,
Contrite bow,
Take the offer'd blessing.

2 Sinner, come,
While there's room,
While the feast is waiting;
While the Lord
By his word,
Kindly is inviting.

3 Sinner, come,
Lo, the tomb
Opens wide before thee!
See death stand--
Lift his hand,
Waiting to devour thee.

4 Sinner, come,
Ere thy doom
Shall be seal'd for ever;
Now return,
Grieve and mourn,
Flee to Christ the Saviour.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #35

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sinner! come, 'mid thy gloom
Title: Sinner, Come
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Sinner, come. 'Mid thy gloom. Lent. In T. Hastings's Spiritual Songs, 1831, No. 278.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Asaph #d235

Hymns for Schools and Families #d425

Jubilant Voices #d158

Select Melodies, comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use #d205

Songs for the New Life #d567

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #508

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #508

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Songs for the Sanctuary #508

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Songs for the Sanctuary #508

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #451

The Canadian Warbler #d130

The Christian Hymnal #d600

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The New Song #52

The Olive Branch #d128

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The Palm #227a

The Tabernacle #d274

The Vestry Harp #d165

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d416

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Plymouth Collection #a378

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The Christian Songster #97

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The Minstrel of Zion #35

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Golden Rays #133

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Temple Melodies #439

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The Gospel Singer #91

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The Shining Light #131

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The Voice of melody #155b

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #278

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #278

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #278

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Singing on the Way #75b

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Revival Hymns #50

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The New Golden Censer #19

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #508

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Songs for the Sanctuary #508

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Songs of Glory #71

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #378

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The Christian Hymn Book #319

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The Christian Hymnal #244

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The Standard Church Hymnal #362

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The Heavenly Choir #105

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