Till He Come
- Words:
- Edward H. Bickersteth
- Music:
- Bortnianski
Sheet music
- 1“Till He come:” O let the wordsLinger on the trembling chords;Let the “little while” betweenIn their golden light be seen;Let us think how heav’n and homeLie beyond that “Till He come.”
- 2When the weary ones we loveEnter on their rest above,Seems the earth so poor and vast,All our life-joy overcast;Hush! be ev‘ry murmur dumb:It is only “Till He come.”
- 3See, the feast of love is spread:Drink the wine, and break the bread;Sweet memorials, till the LordCalls us round His heav’nly board;Some from earth, from glory some,Severed only “Till He come.”
In the hymnals
- Written in 1862, the words are in 264 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.