Hymn
The Comforter Has Come
O, spread the tidings round,
Wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts
And human woes abound;
Let ev'ry Christian tongue
Proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come.
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n,
The Father's promise giv'n;
O, spread the tidings round,
Wherever man is found,
The Comforter has come!
The long, long night is past,
The morning breaks at last;
And hush'd the dreadful wail
And fury of the blast,
As o'er the golden hills
The day advances fast:
The Comforter has come!
Behold, the King of kings,
With healing in his wings,
To ev'ry captive soul
A full deliv'rance brings;
And thro' the vacant cells
The song of triumph rings:
The Comforter has come!
O boundless Love divine!
How shall this tongue of mine
To wond'ring mortals tell
The matchless grace divine,
That I, a child of sin,
Should in his image shine!
The Comforter has come!
Sing, till the echoes fly
Above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above
To all below reply,
In strains of endless love,
The song that ne'er will die:
The Comforter has come!
The Comforter Has Come — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-comforter-has-come
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Comforter Has Come?
The words of The Comforter Has Come were written by Francis Bottome; the version here was published in 1908. The library also holds Sing of His Mighty Love, another hymn by Francis Bottome.
Is The Comforter Has Come public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.