The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish

No. 420
Metre 11s & 10s.
Tune COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.
Words Thomas Moore.
Music Samuel Webbe.
Key D major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/2
3 stanzas

Words

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish;Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel;Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

Joy of the comfortless, light of the straying,Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure;Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure."

Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowingForth from the throne of God, pure from above;Come to the feast of love—come, ever knowingEarth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «420» (large), tune name «COME, YE DISCONSOLATE. 11s & 10s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «SAMUEL WEBBE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one verse pair per system, with «1.» before «Come»: «1. Come, ye dis-con-so-late, where'er ye lan-guish ;Come to the mercy-seat, fer-vently kneel;» / «Here bring your wounded hearts,here tell your anguish ;Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.» (the text line is compressed: no space after «;» and after «hearts,»). No reference line is printed. Stanzas 2–3 follow as text in two columns under the music, numbered «2», «3»; each long verse line is broken into two printed lines with a hanging indent («stray-/ing,», «say-/ing,», «can-/not cure.», «waters/flowing», «pure/from above;», «ever/knowing», «can/remove.»), joined here — one verse per line; «Thomas Moore.» in italics after stanza 3 (right column). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» and after the opening quotation mark («pure ;», «" Earth»); they are closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («mercy-seat», «where'er», «Bread of Life», «love—come») are the print's.