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Worship — Opening Hymns

Come, thou Desire of all thy saints

  • No. 9
  • Words Anne Steele.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Come, thou Desire of all thy saints!
Our humble strains attend,
While with our praises and complaints,
Low at thy feet we bend.

2

Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,
And fill thy dwellings here,
Till life, and love, and joy divine,
A heaven on earth appear.

3

Show us some token of thy love,
Our fainting hopes to raise;
And pour thy blessing from above,
To aid our feeble praise.

4

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
Checked
lyrics verified · 2026-09-25