Seize the Moment – Day 431
Today’s hymn focus will be “The Comforter Has Come”
John 14:16 (ESV)
“And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Helper,
to be with you forever,”
Frank Bottome was born in Derbyshire, England in 1823. In 1850, he moved to America where he entered ministry in the Methodist Episcopalian Church. He began writing hymns and, while the circumstances that inspired this hymn are unclear, it was written during a time of great spiritual awakening.
While this hymn is celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit, it is also a proclamation of the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to have God send the Holy Spirit to comfort and dwell within us. This allows the Holy Spirit to do His work in glorifying Jesus Christ in our lives.
The Comforter has come! The Comforter has come! The Holy Ghost
From heaven, the Father’s promise given. O spread the tidings ‘round
wherever man is found. The Comforter has come!
It’s time we wake up and know that the Holy Spirit is more than just a comforter, like a warm blanket. He is also the One that is walking with us and working in us so that we can bring glory to God in everything we do!
YOUTUBE:
The Comforter Has Come
Wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!
The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heaven, the Father’s promise given;
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found:
The Comforter has come!
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come!
To every captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings:
The Comforter has come!
To wondering mortals tell the matchless grace divine:
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!