Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Come unto me when shadows darkly gather
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Henley
Hymn Number: 567
Page Number: 203, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME unto me when shadows darkly gather,
When the sad heart is weary and distress'd;
Seeking for comfort from your heav'nly Father,
Come unto me, and I will give you rest;
Ye who have mourn'd when the Spring flow'rs were taken;
When the ripe fruit fell richly to the ground;
When the lov'd slept, in brighter homes to waken,
Where their pale brows with spirit-wreaths are crown'd.
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 heav'nly hymn.
There, like an Eden, blossoming in gladness,
Bloom the fair flow'rs the earth too rudely press'd;
Come unto me, all ye who droop in sadness,
Come unto me, and I will give you rest.