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I Am Coming

Representative Text

1 Sad and weary, lone and dreary,
Lord, I would thy call obey;
Thee believing, Christ receiving,
I would come to thee today.

Refrain:
I am coming, I am coming,
Coming, Saviour, to be blest;
I am coming, I am coming,
Coming, Lord, to thee for rest.

2 Thou, the Holy, meek and lowly,
Jesus, unto thee I come;
Keep me ever, let me never
From thy blessed keeping roam. [Refrain]

3 Here abiding, in thee hiding,
Seeks my weary soul to rest,
Till the dawning of the morning,
When I wake among the blest. [Refrain]

4 Be thou near me, keep and cheer me,
Thro’ life’s dark and stormy way;
Turn my sadness into gladness,
Turn my darkness into day. [Refrain]

Source: On Joyful Wing : A Book of Praise and Song #74

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Author: Allie Starbright

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Text Information

First Line: Sad and weary, lone and dreary
Title: I Am Coming
Author: Allie Starbright
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming
Copyright: Public Domain
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Small Church Music #5707

Small Church Music #5707
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The Cyber Hymnal #10431

The Cyber Hymnal #10431
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