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COME TO THE ARK

Scripture Verse

Come thou and all thy house into the ark. Genesis 7:1

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in The Ad­vent Harp (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. V. Himes, 1849), num­ber 85.

Music: Vale­land from the Af­ri­can Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Hymn and Tune Book (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Af­ri­can Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Book Con­cern, 1898), num­ber 229 (🔊 )

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Lyrics

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Come to the ark—come to the ark;
To Je­sus come away:
The pes­ti­lence walks forth by night,
The ar­rows fly by day.

Come to the ark—the wa­ters rise,
The seas their bil­lows rear;
While dark­ness ga­thers o’er the skies,
Behold a re­fuge near!

Come to the ark—all, all that weep
Beneath the sense of sin:
Without, deep call­eth un­to deep,
But all is peace with­in.

Come to the ark—ere yet the flood
Your lin­ger­ing steps op­pose;
Come, for the door which op­en stood
Is now about to close.