Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus

This is the version for Upper Voices and Organ. If you would like to see the unaccompanied SATB version, please click here.

S (with descant) and Organ

c. 3’30”

Performed by the Choristers at St Barnabas, Oxford, directed by Esther Bersweden, 2024. Organ: Martin Payne

Come thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in thee.

Israel’s strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear desire of ev’ry nation,
Joy of ev’ry longing heart.

Born thy people to deliver;
Born a child and yet a king;
Born to reign in us for ever;
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.

By thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne.

Charles Wesley (1707-88)

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