Oh, Spread the Tidings Round
"And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter." - John 14:16
VERSE 1
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts, and human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound,
The Comforter has come!
CHORUS
The comforter has come, The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n, the Father's promise giv'n;
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found
The Comforter has come!
VERSE 2
Lo, the Great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To every captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And thro' the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come.
CHORUS
The comforter has come, The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n, the Father's promise giv'n;
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found
The Comforter has come!
VERSE 3
O boundless Love divine! how shall this tongue of mine
To wond'ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine -
That I a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!
CHORUS
The comforter has come, The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n, the Father's promise giv'n;
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found
The Comforter has come!
VERSE 4
Sing, till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above to all below reply,
In strains of endless love, the song that ne'er will die;
The Comforter has come!
CHORUS
The comforter has come, The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n, the Father's promise giv'n;
Oh, spread the tidings round, wherever man is found
The Comforter has come!