TSMSS - Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

I absolutely love Christmas music. Cheery songs about sleigh rides and jingle bells, traditional songs that dream of white christmases, joyous carols proclaiming the wonder of the birth of Christ, contemplative songs that take a peek into the hearts and minds of Mary and Joseph, majestic orchestral and choral renditions of classic songs, the beauty of Handel's Messiah and quiet songs that reflect on the hope the promised Messiah brings---each and every style celebrates the incomparable gift of God to a broken world.

This song has been in the hymnbooks for decades, and is one that was rarely sung and underappreciated when I was a child, but it is beautiful. Christy Nockels sings this version, which is found on Chris Tomlin's album Glory in the Highest.

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COME, THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS

Come, Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

WORDS: Charles Wesley
MUSIC: Rowland H. Pritchard