Into the Darkness

This is a wonderful advent song written by Maggi Dawn.  I found it in a collection called “Songs of Fellowship” Book Five (No 70) when looking for songs for Advent many years ago. We haven’t sung it for a few years because the syncopation got in the way for some people, but I think it is worth another go and it will turn up in a liturgy next week.

This is a lovely solo voice and guitar version.

You can hear a sample and buy the sheet music as a download here, so you can be playing it for Advent services as soon as you wish.

My backing is a little more uptempo and is another ancient MIDI file of mine scrubbed up through ProTools.

Verse 1

Into the darkness of this world;
Into the shadows of the night;
Into this loveless place You came,
Lightened our burdens, eased our pain
And made these hearts Your home.
Into the darkness once again,
Oh come, Lord Jesus, come

Chorus

Come with Your love
To make us whole.
Come with Your light
To lead us on.
Driving the darkness
Far from our souls.
O come, Lord Jesus, come.

Verse 2

Into the longing of our souls;
Into these heavy hearts of stone;
Shine on us now Your piercing light,
Order our lives and souls aright
By grace and love unknown.
Until in You our hearts unite,
Oh come, Lord Jesus, come.

Chorus

Verse 3

O Holy Child, Emmanuel;
Hope of the ages, God with us,
Visit again this broken place,
Till all the earth declares Your praise,
And Your great mercies own.
Now let Your love be born in us,
O come, Lord Jesus, come.

Last Chorus

Come in Your glory
Take Your place.
Jesus, the Name above all names.
We long to see You face to face,
O come, Lord Jesus, come.

Words and Music by Maggi Dawn
© 1993 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music