1. COME, O Saviour, long expected,
Born to set Thy people free;
From our guilt and fear protected,
We shall find our rest in Thee.

2. Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the saints Thou art ;
Blest desire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of ev'ry waiting heart.

3. Born Thy people to deliver;

Born a child, and yet a king;

Born to reign in us for ever,

Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

4. By Thine own eternal Spirit,
In our hearts rule Thou alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit,

Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

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1. Lo, He comes with clouds descending, Önce for favour'd sinners slain; Thousand, thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train, Hallelujah!

Jesus now shall ever reign.

2. Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him,
Rob'd in dreadful majesty;

Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierc'd and nail'd Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

3. Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain,

Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him, must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
"Come to judgment,

Come to judgment, come away."

4. Now redemption long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear;
All His saints by man rejected
Now shall meet Him in the air.
Hallelujah!

See the day of God appear. OLIVER.

1. LORD, shall Thy children come to Thee,
A boon of love divine to seek?

Brought to Thine arms in infancy,

Ere heart could feel or tongue could speak,
Thy children pray for grace, that they
May come themselves to Thee to-day.

2. Lord, shall we come? and come again?
Oft as we see yon table spread,
And-tokens of Thy dying pain-

The wine poured out, the broken bread.
Bless, bless, O Lord, Thy children's prayer,
That they may come and find Thee there.
3. Lord, shall we come? not thus alone
At holy time, or solemn rite?
But every hour till life be flown;

Through weal or woe, in gloom or light-
Come to Thy throne of grace, that we
In faith and love confirmed may be.
4. Lord, shall we come? come yet again?
Thy children ask one blessing more;
To come, not now alone, but then,
When life and death and time are o'er ;
Then, then to come, O Lord, and be
Confirmed in heaven-confirmed by Thee.

RUGBY HYMN BOOK.