203   THE COMFORTER HAS COME




[V1]


O, spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
Where ever human hearts,
And human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue,
Proclaim the joyful sound;
The Comforter has come!

[C]
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!

[V2]
The long, long night is past,
The morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail,
And fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills,
The day advances fast;
The Comforter has come!

[C]
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!

[V3]
Behold, the King of kings,
With healing in his wings,
To every captive soul,
A full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells,
The song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!

[C]
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!

[V4]
O boundless Love divine!
How shall this tongue of mine,
To wond’ring mortals tell,
The matchless grace divine,
That I, a child of sin,
Should in his image shine!
The Comforter has come!

[C]
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!

[V5]
Sing, till the echoes fly,
Above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above,
To all below reply,
In strains of endless love,
The song that ne’er will die;

[C]
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost form heaven,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings round,
Where ever man is found,
The Comforter is come!