Je - sus came; the heavens a-dor-ing: Came with peace from realms on high; Jesus came for man's re-demp-tion,

BELL

P. M.

J. Stainer

Come, gracious Saviour, man-i- fest Thy glory, And let Thy lightnings shine from east to west;

O by Thine anguish 'neath the olives hoary, Take us, Thy peo-ple, to Thy promised rest.

Come, bless-ed Je - sus, come, come we pray; Ban - ish the dark-ness, and bring the glorious day.

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COME, gracious Saviour, manifest Thy glory,
And let Thy lightnings shine from east to west;
O! by Thine anguish 'neath the olives hoary,
Take us, Thy people, to Thy promised rest.
REF.-Come, blesséd Jesus, come, come, we pray;

Banish the darkness, and bring the glorious day.
2 Our eyes are weary watching for Thy coming,
Watching through glare of noon and gloom of night;
Hoping the morn may bring Thee, or the gloaming
May see Thee bursting on our happy sight.-REF.
3 How long shall stay the bitter strife and sorrow,
And wrong have triumph o'er the true and right?
O! come, and coming, bring the better morrow,

Whose noon shall never darken into night.-REF.
4 Come, gracious Lord, our longing souls to gladden;
Arise! O Sun of Righteousness, arise!

Let hope deferred our hearts no longer sadden,

But turn to songs our sorrows and our sighs.-REF.
5 0! come and cheer the eyes all dim with weeping,
Banish the sin, the sorrow, and the strife;

Let those who sow in tears now have their reaping,
Their golden harvest sheaves of light and life.-REF.
6 Then shall we worship Thee with joy and singing,
And laud Thy Name all other names above;
The world throughout with praises shall be ringing,
And we shall swell the triumphs of Thy love.—REF.

Charles Dent Beli 1882

Light of those whose dreary dwell-ing Bord-ers on the shades of death, Come, and by Thy

love's revealing Dissipate the clouds beneath. The new heav'n and earth's Cre-a-tor,

In our deepest darkness rise, Scattering all the night of na-ture, Pouring eye-sight on our eyes.