It’s been so long since we last sang Graham Kendrick’s song ‘Come And See’ that most of the folk at mgpc thought it was a new song.
The song has elements of confession, faith, consecration, and praise. The first two lines of the last verse strike me as being a little weak, both because the word ‘heaven’ is repeated and also because I’m not certain in what sense we are ‘restored’ to heaven. Overall the song is poignant, expressive and the refrain is lovely.
There’s so much more to Kendrick than ‘Shine Jesus Shine.’
The lyrics:
1.
Come and see, come and see
Come and see the King of love
See the purple robe and crown of thorns he wears
Soldiers mock, rulers sneer
As he lifts the cruel cross
Lone and friendless now he climbs towards the hill
Refrain:
We worship at your feet
Where wrath and mercy meet
And a guilty world is washed
By love’s pure stream
For us he was made sin
Oh, help me take it in
Deep wounds of love cry out ‘Father, forgive’
I worship, I worship
The Lamb who was slain.
2.
Come and weep, come and mourn
For your sin that pierced him there
So much deeper than the wounds of thorn and nail
All our pride, all our greed
All our fallenness and shame
And the Lord has laid the punishment on him
Refrain:
3.
Man of heaven, born to earth
To restore us to your heaven
Here we bow in awe beneath
Your searching eyes
From your tears comes our joy
From your death our life shall spring
By your resurrection power we shall rise
Refrain:
Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1989 Make Way Music,
http://www.grahamkendrick.co.uk
Not sure of the audio source of this YouTube video, but the simple arrangement suits the song’s strengths.
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