Friday, August 02, 2024

Come, Let Us, Who in Christ Believe

111 Come, Let Us, Who in Christ Believe

1 Come, let us who in Christ believe,
   Our common Saviour praise:
   To Him with joyful voices give
   The glory of His grace.

2 He now stands knocking at the door
   Of every sinner’s heart:
   The worst need keep Him out no more,
   Nor force Him to depart.

3 Through grace we hearken to Thy voice,
   Yield to be saved from sin;
   In sure and certain hope rejoice,
   That Thou wilt enter in.

4 Come quickly in, Thou heavenly Guest,
   Nor ever hence remove;
   But sup with us, and let the feast
   Be everlasting love.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

<idle musing>
I don't recall ever singing this hymn, and uniquely for a Wesley hymn, there only seems to be these four verses. It isn't very popular, only occurring in 96 hymnals.
</idle musing>

No comments: