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The Comforter Has Come

Lyrics

Verse 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!
Let every Christian tongue
Proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Verse 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!
As o’er the golden hills
The day advances fast!
The Comforter has come!

Verse 3
Lo, the great King of kings,
With healing in His wings,
To every captive soul
A full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells
The song of triumph rings:
The Comforter has come!
And through the vacant cells
The song of triumph rings:
The Comforter has come!

Verse 4
O boundless love divine!
How shall this tongue of mine
To wondering mortals tell
The matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of sin,
Should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!
That I, a child of sin,
Should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!

Audio Demo

Author & Composer

Words by Frank Bottome (in Precious Times of Refreshing and Revival, 1890). Music by Daniel J. Mount.

Publishing Information

Completed on April 30, 2010.
© 2010 Tomorrow’s Hymns/BMI. If you have any interest in or questions about using this song, please contact daniel@danielmount.com.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Sheet Music

Song Story

At around the time I wrote this new melody, I was in a church that wouldn’t have sung the original melody for reasons of stylistic preference. I don’t have any desire to replace the original melody; my goal was to offer an alternative to make this stirring lyric accessible to be sung by churches that might not prefer to use the original melody.