Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Come unto me when shadows darkly gather
Topic: Christian/Afflictions
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Henley
Hymn Number: 681
Page Number: 281, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome un-to me when shadows darkly gath-er,
When the sad heart is wea-ry and distressed,
Seeking 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 your Father's dwelling,
Glad are the homes 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 like 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.