Worship — Opening Hymns
Come, thou Desire of all thy saints
- No. 9
- Words Anne Steele.
- Singing key G major
- 4 stanzas
Sung to HARVEY'S CHANT (hymn 27)
Words
⤢ Full screenCome, thou Desire of all thy saints!Our humble strains attend,While with our praises and complaints,Low at thy feet we bend.
Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,And fill thy dwellings here,Till life, and love, and joy divine,A heaven on earth appear.
Show us some token of thy love,Our fainting hopes to raise;And pour thy blessing from above,To aid our feeble praise.
Then shall our hearts enraptured say,"Come, great Redeemer! come,And bring the bright, the glorious day,That calls thy children home."
About this hymn
As printed Text-only hymn (top of the right column). Header as printed: the number «9» at the left and the italic cross-reference line «27, 395, 308.» (= sing to the tune of hymn 27, 395 or 308). The first word is printed in small capitals («COME,»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The period's space before «!» and «;» is not reproduced (parent normalisation, the convention of the other hymnals). Ends with «Anne Steele.» in italics.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Opening Hymns · No. 9 · printed page 9
- Music
- The hymnal prints no music for this hymn; its words are set here to the music of this tune.
- Checked
- lyrics verified · 2026-09-25
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