Waiting for Christ

Come, Desire of nations, come

No. 826
Metre 7s.
Tune LUBECK.
Words Anon.
Music German Chorale.
Key D major
Singing key C major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

Come, Desire of nations, come!Hasten, Lord, the general doom!With thy holy train descend;Then our earthly trials end.

Mindful of thy chosen race,Shorten these vindictive days;We for full redemption groan;Hear us now, and save thine own.

Now destroy the man of sin;Now thine ancient flock bring in!Filled with righteousness divine,Claim a ransomed world for thine.

Plant thy heavenly kingdom here;Glorious in thy saints appear;Speak the sacred number sealed;Speak the mystery revealed.

Take to thee thy royal power;Reign, when sin shall be no more;Reign, when death no more shall be;Reign to all eternity.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «826» (large), tune name «LUBECK. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «GERMAN CHORALE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Come,». Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text below the music in two columns (2–3 left, 4–5 right), under the reference line «821, 272, 457.» in italic figures (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 821, 272 or 457), numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); the lines of each stanza are not indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («days ;», «groan ;», «sin ;», «in !», «here ;», «appear ;», «sealed ;», «more ;», «be ;», «doom !»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Handwritten notes on this exemplar (top right of the page; «Bishop Edward H. Bickersteth» beside hymn 827, running up into the end of stanza 3) are not part of the print and are not transcribed.