COME, O DIVINE MESSIAH

Come, O Divine Messiah!\nThe world in silence waits the day\nWhen hope shall sing its triumph,\nAnd sadness flee away.\nSweet Saviour haste:\nCome, come to earth,\nDispel the night, and show thy face,\nAnd bid us hail the dawn of grace.\nCome, O Divine Messiah!\nThe world in silence waits the day\nWhen hope shall sing its triumph,\nAnd sadness flee away.\n2. On thou, whom nations sighed for,\nWhom priests and prophets long foretold,\nWilt break the captives’ fetters,\nRedeem the long-lost fold.\n3. Shalt come in peace and meekness,\nAnd lowly will my cradle be:\nAll clothed in human weakness\nShall we thy Godhead see.