Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Oh that I had wings like a dove (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Oh that I had wings like a dove

Topic: The New Life/Aspirations

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: Archer / Powell

Meter: 8s

Tune: Somerset

Hymn Number: 591

Page Number: 215, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Oh, that I had wings like a dove,

For, then, would I soon be at rest;

I'd fly to the mansions above;

The home of the pure and blessed;

The place where no sorrow or tears

Can ever my pleasures destroy;

But where, thro' eternity's years,

I'll drink from an ocean of joy.



The clouds that now hang o'er my soul,

Make dark all the pathway of life;

While thunders unceasingly roll

In storms of deep anger and strife;

I hope for some bright ray to beam

From clouds where there yet may be light,

But only the lightning's red gleam

Is seen through the darkness of night.



I try to be humble and meek,

Leave all to my Savior's own will;

For, he to the tempest can speak,

The winds will obey and be still;

But now my soul flutters and cries,

And longs to be soaring away,

From darkness and gloom, to the skies,

The regions of bright, endless day.



Dear Savior, oh let me come home,

And rest on thy bosom in peace;

No more from thy presence to roam-

Then tempests and storms shall all cease.

I'll sing of thy wonderful ways,

With all of the glorified throng-

For ever and ever, thy praise

Shall be the one theme of my song.