Woof and Away to Lock Haven, PA: A Flying Blog by Jasper the Dog

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Come, O thou Traveler unknown

638

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

88. 88. 88

Modality

c minor

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Charles Wesley [1707-1788 (alt.)]

Harmonizer (attributed to)

Lucius Chapin [1760-1842]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Source

Hymnal [1982 (Arr. )]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Mar 16, 2025 10:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Aug 27, 2023 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 01, 2019 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 02, 2016 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Aug 03, 2014 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

Come, O thou Traveler 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.

I need not tell thee who I am,
my misery or sin declare;
thyself hast called me 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.

Yield to me now, for I am weak
but confident in self-despair;
speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
be conquered by my instant prayer.
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,
and tell me, if thy name is Love.

'Tis Love, 'tis Love! Thou diedst for me!
I hear thy whisper in my heart:
the morning breaks, the shadows flee.
Pure universal Love thou art;
thy mercies never shall remove,
thy nature and thy name is Love.