Advent
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
- Words:
- Charles Wesley, 1745.
- Music:
- Music and
- Setting:
- 'Jefferson' from "Southern Harmony", 1835, alt.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Come, Thou long expected JesusBorn to set Thy people free;From our fears and sins release us,Let us find our rest in Thee.Israel's Strength and Consolation,Hope of all the earth Thou art;Dear Desire of every nation,Joy of every longing heart.
- 2Born Thy people to de liver,Born a child and yet a King,Born to reign in us forever,Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.By Thine own eternal SpiritRule in all our hearts alone;By Thine all sufficient merit,Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1744, the words are in 793 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Jefferson, is in 33 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.