5

Words by Lloyd Larson and

Abbe Simon-Joseph Pellegrin,
Come, Messiah! Music by
tr. by S. Mary of St. Philip, 1877 Lloyd Larson

 
1

   
       
 = 69
 
Buoyantly

Soprano
Alto      
        


O come, Di vine Mes si ah, the world in si lence waits the day when

9        
      
2
S
         

        
A

      
B 
hope shall sing its tri umph, and sor rows flee a way.

 
T

T   
           
      
   
O come, De sire of na tions, whom

   
15

B
  
priest and proph et long fore told, and break the chains that bind us, re deem Your long lost

20      
                      
3

A       
S


T                             
Come, Mes si ah! Dis pel our night with the dawn of grace. Come, Mes

B    

27      
              
     
fold

                     
S
A

                   
            
si ah! We long to see Your face. Come, Mes si ah, come!

    
 
T
B

    
                      
4

A     
35


S

    
T                 
O come, dear Child of prom ise, for low ly shall Your cra dle be; though

   
B         
       
          
                 
6

      
40

 
S
A

     
                     
clothed in hu man like ness, we shall the God head see! Come, Mes si ah! Dis

B 
T
  
      
47       
        
                    
A 
  
S

                         

T     
   
pel our night with the dawn of grace. Come, Mes si ah! We long to see Your face.

B  
  
53      

                             
5

A       
 
S

T   
                          
      
Come, Mes si ah! Dis pel our night with the dawn of grace. Come, Mes si ah! We

B  

59      
            
A                   
S

             
T       
     
long to see Your face. O come, Mes si ah, come!

B           
 
67        
    
6

           

S

      
A

      
B    
  
O come, Di vine Mes si ah.
T

  
O come, Di vine Mes si ah.
 = 69
     
rit.

  
74 rit.
S
A

  
        
Come, Mes si ah, come!

 
T
B