The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

Come unto me when shadows darkly gather

No. 714
Metre 11s & 10s.
Tune HENLEY.
Words Anon.
Music Lowell Mason.
Key E major
Time 2/2
3 stanzas

Words

Come unto me when shadows darkly gather,When the sad heart is weary and distressed;Seeking for comfort from your heavenly Father,Come unto me, and I will give you rest.

Large are the mansions in our Father's dwelling,Glad are those homes that sorrows never dim;Sweet are the harps in holy music swelling,Soft are the tones that raise the heavenly hymn.

There, like an Eden blossoming in gladness,Bloom the fair flowers by earth so rudely pressed;Come unto him all ye who droop in sadness,"Come unto me, and I will give you rest."

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «714» (large, left), tune name «HENLEY. 11s & 10s.» centred over the music, «LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves in a condensed running type, one text line pair per system, with «1.» before «Come»; only «wea - ry» and «Seek-ing» are hyphenated there, joined here (the first «e» of «Seek-ing» has lost its crossbar and looks like «c»). No reference line. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music; their long lines are broken for width in the print («…in our Father's / dwelling,», «…sorrows never / dim;», «…the heavenly / hymn.», «…so rudely / pressed;») and are joined here, one verse per line. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Large»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «;» («dim ;», «pressed ;») is closed up here. The quotation marks of stanza 3, line 4 are the print's (written as straight quotes); «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3.