O Come Immanuel, Hear Our Call
For Advent
Words:
Veni, Veni, Emanuel (the "O" Antiphons),
Authorship
Unknown, 8th Century Latin;
Published As A Hymn in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, 7th Edition, Köln, 1710.
Translation: Anonymous but attributed to Dr. Macgill by some sources
Music: "Veni Emmanuel," Based on a 15th Century French Processional,
Arranged by Rev. Thomas
Helmore and harmonized by Rev. S. S. Greatheed in
Hymnal Noted, Part II (London: 1856)
and
Accompanying
Harmonies to the
Hymnal Noted-Part II (London: 1858)
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Meter: 88 88 88
See: Notes on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Source: The Presbyterian Hymnal (Edinburgh: Andrew Elliott, 1885), pp. 32-33, No. 29
1. O Come! Immanuel, hear our call,
And free Thine Israel from her thrall;
She groans in exile, far from Thee,
And longs the Son of God to see.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.
2. O Come! thou Rod of Jesse, come!
Lead Thy down-trodden pilgrims home;
From hoof of ruthless foe them save,
From doleful pit and dreary grave.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.
3. O Come! Thou Dawn of holier day!
And glad us by Thy heavenly ray;
Our dark clouds scatter by Thy light;
Disperse the shades of death and night.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.
4. O come, throw wide the gates of heaven,
Thou, to whom David's key is given;
Make safe a pathway from below,
And close the way that leads to woe.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.
5. O Come! O Come! Thou Lord of lords,
Whose law, with trump and voice of words,
From Sinai's awful brow was given,
Thy glory filling earth and heaven.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.
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