Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Come unto me when shadows darkly gather
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Henley
Hymn Number: 440
Page Number: 160, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome un-to me when shadows dark-ly gath-er,
When the sad heart is wea-ry and distressed,
Seek-ing for com-fort from your heavenly Father,
Come un-to me, and I will give you rest.
Ye who have mourned when the spring flowers were taken;
When the ripe fruit fell richly to the ground;
When the loved slept, in brighter homes to waken,
Where their pale brows with spirit-wreaths are crowned.
Large are the mansions in thy Father's dwelling,
Glad are the home that sorrows never dim;
Sweet are the harps in holy music swelling,
Soft are the tones which raise the heavenly hymn.
There, like an Eden, blossoming in gladness,
Bloom the fair flowers the earth too rudely pressed;
Come unto me, all ye who droop in sadness,
Come unto me, and I will give you rest.