Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Sweet is the friendly voice
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Jervis
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 366
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSweet is the friendly voice
Which speaks of life and peace:
Which bids the penitent rejoice,
And sin and sorrow cease.
No balm on earth like this
Can cheer the contrite heart;
No flattering dreams of earthly bliss
Such pure delight impart.
Still merciful and kind,
Thy mercy, Lord, reveal;
The broken heart thy love can bind,
The wounded spirit heal.
Thy presence shall restore
Peace to my anxious breast:
Lord, let my steps be drawn no more
From paths which thou hast blessed.