Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Soft be the gently breathing notes
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Zephyr
Hymn Number: 377
Page Number: 137, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSoft be the gent-ly-breath-ing notes
That sing the Sav-ior's dy-ing love;
Soft as the eve-ning zeph-yr floats,
Soft as the tune-ful lyres a-bove.
Soft as the morning dews descend,
While warbling birds exulting soar;
So soft to our almighty Friend
Be every sigh our bosoms pour.
Pure as the sun's enlivening ray,
That scatters life and joy abroad,
Pure as the lucid orb of day,
That wide proclaims its Maker, God;
Pure as the breath of vernal skies,
So pure let our contrition be;
And purely let our sorrows rise
To him who bled upon the tree.