Vernon
Southern Harmony no. 34
First Line: | Come, O thou traveller unknown
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Composer: | Chapin
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Source: | Methodist Hymn Book, p. 77
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Meter: | L.M.
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Printable Page Scan: | [Gif 64k]
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Midi: | [midi]
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1. Come, O thou Traveller unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see;
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee:
With thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
2. I need not tell thee who I am,
My sin and misery declare;
Thyself hast called my by my name,
Look on thy hands, and read it there:
But who, I ask thee, who art thou?
Tell me thy name, and tell me now.
3. In vain thou strugglest to get free,
I never will unloose my hold:
Art thou the Man that died for me?
The secret of thy love unfold:
Wrestling, I will not let thee go,
Till I thy name, thy nature know.
4. Wilt thou not yet to me reveal
Thy new, unutterable name?
Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell;
To know it now resolved I am:
Wrestling, I will not let thee go,
Till I thy name, thy nature know.
5. What though my shrinking flesh complain,
And murmur to contend so long?
I rise superior to my pain:
When I am weak, than am I strong,
And when my all of strength shall fail,
I shall with the God-man prevail.
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