Come in, thou blessed of the Lord

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Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, Stranger nor foe art thou

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 76 hymnals

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Come in, thou blessed of the Lord,
Stranger nor foe art thou;
We welcome thee with warm accord,
Our Friend, our Brother now.

The hand of fellowship, the heart
Of love, we offer thee;
Leaving the world, thou dost but part
From lies and vanity.

The cup of blessing which we bless,
The heavenly bread we break,
(Our Saviour's blood and righteousness,)
Freely with us partake.

In weal or woe, in joy or care,
Thy portion shall be ours;
Christians their mutual burthen share,
They lend their mutual powers.

Come with us, we will do thee good,
As God to us hath done,
Stand but in Him, as those have stood,
Whose faith the victory won.

And when by turns we pass away,
As star by star grows dim,
May each, translated into day,
Be lost and found in Him.

Sacred Poems and Hymns, 1854

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Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, Stranger nor foe art thou
Title:	Come in, thou blessed of the Lord
Author:	James Montgomery
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; Stranger nor foe, &c. J. Montgomery, [Reception of a Member.] In the M. MSS. this hymn is dated "July 1, 1834." It was published in Conder's Congregational Hymn Book, 1836, No. 471, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and again in Montgomery's Original Hymns, 1853, No. 150. Its popularity is greater in America than in Great Britain.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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