[Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)

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[Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)

Composer: Ahasuer Fritsch (adapt.)
Published in 1 hymnal

Composer: Ahasuer Fritsch

Born: December 16, 1629, Mücheln, Saxony. Died: August 24, 1701, Rudolstadt, Germany. With help from the family of a young noble he tutored, Fritsch received a good education, earning his law degree from the University of Jena in 1661. He later became chancellor of the university and president of the Consistory of Rudolstadt. He wrote on numerous subjects, including antiquities, law, and religion, and collected hymns. Hymns-- "Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen" "Dearest Immanuel, Prince of the Lowly" Music-- WAS FRAG' ICH NACH DER WELT --www.cyberhymnal.org/bio Go to person page >

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Title:	[Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish] (Fritsch)
Composer:	Ahasuer Fritsch (adapt.)
Meter:	11.10.11.10
Incipit:	12321 71765 43
Key:	a minor or modal
Source:	harm. Liederbuch der Christlichen Wissenschaft, 1924
Copyright:	Music adapt. © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors

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Come, Ye Disconsolate

Come, you disconsolate, where'er you languish;
come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.

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