"O Come, Take Heart" Original Hymn (Courage, Calling)
"O Come, Take Heart" Original Hymn (Courage, Calling)
DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD
This hymn, originally written for the What do you fear? bundle for Advent 2025, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.
License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.
O Come, Take Heart
Inspired by Luke 1:26-39, Jeremiah 1:4-10
Tune: VENI IMMANUEL 8.8.8.8 with refrain (“O Come, O Come Emmanuel”)
Words: Anna Strickland, 2025
Music: Plainsong adapted by Thomas Helmore, 1854
DOWNLOAD includes:
PDF sheet music with four-part harmony
JPG image of the lyrics and melody for use in bulletins
Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens
Lyrics:
O come, O come though timid and unsure
And trust that God declares your worth
Remember when you’re feeling small
That every child of God is called
Refrain:
Take heart, take heart! The One who calls to you
Will give you strength and see you through
O come, O come though you feel unprepared
When courage fails you, do it scared
Don’t let the fear of making mistakes
Impede you from the path you’re called to take
Refrain:
Take heart, take heart! The One who calls to you
Will give you strength and see you through
O come and join God’s kin-dom work
And be God’s hands and feet on earth
You’re called exactly as you are
To love the world with every broken part
Refrain:
Take heart, take heart! The One who calls to you
Will give you strength and see you through
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
