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CAC Hymn Book
Hymn 0005
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake	Wa s’odo mi, Oluwa mi
Meter
8.8.8.8
Author
Tebbs, Henry Virtue, 1797-1876
Bible Verse
Ps. 101:2
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English	Yoruba
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake As the faint lights of morning break; Bid purest thoughts within me rise, Like crystal dew-drops to the skies. 2. Come to me in the sultry noon, Or earth's low communing will soon Of Thy dear Face, eclipse the light, And change my fairest day to night 3. Come to me in the evening shade And if my heart from Thee hath strayed, Oh bring it back, and from afar Smile on me like Thine ev'ning star 4. Come to me in the midnight hour, When sleep withholds its balmy pow'r; Let my lone spirit find her rest, Like John, upon my Saviour's breast. 5. Come to me through life's varied way, And when its pulses cease to play Then, Saviour, bid me come to Thee That where Thou art, Thy child may be. Amen	Wa s’odo mi, Oluwa mi, Ni kutukutu owuro, Mu k’ero rere so jade, Lat’inu mi s’oke orun Wa s’odo mi, Oluwa mi, Ni wakati osan gangan; Ki ‘yonu ma ba se mi mo, K’o si so osan mi d’oru. Wa s’odo mi, Oluwa mi, Nigbati ale ba nle lo, Bi okan mi ba nsako lo, Mu pada, f’oju ‘re wo mi. Wa s’odo mi, Oluwa mi, L’oru, nigbat’oru ko si, Je ki okan aisimi mi, Simi le okan aya Re. Wa s’oso mi, Oluwa mi, Ni gbogbo ojo aye mi, Nigbati emi mi ba pin Ki nle n’ibugbe l’odo Re. AMIN , ,
About The Author
Tebbs, Henry Virtue, was born in Chelsea in 1797. He was a Proctor in Doctors' Commons, and joined in establishing the first Sunday School in Chelsea. Most of his later years were spent on the Continent, mostly at Pegli, near Genoa, and where, mainly through his exertions, a Church for the English congregation was erected and where he died Nov. 27, 1876. (Record, Dec. 23,1876.) His hymn "Come to me, Lord, when first I wake" (Morning) was written for his wife's birthday, March 16, 1851, and circulated in MS. for some years. In 1866 it was printed in the N. Y. Hours at Home, and then in the Hymnal Companion and other collections. It has been translated into 17 languages, and has also been embossed for the blind.
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