The Celebration Hymnal

386

The Comforter Has Come

1 O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,  
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound.  
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:  
The Comforter has come!  

Refrain:  
The Comforter has come! The Comforter has come!  
The Holy Ghost from heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n,  
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found:  
The Comforter has come!  

2 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! [Refrain]  

3 Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,  
To every captive soul a full deliv'rance brings;  
And thro' the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;  
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]  

4 O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine  
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine -  
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine?  
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

WORDS: Frank Bottome
MUSIC: William J. Kirkpatrick
Theme: The Holy Spirit