Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh for the peace that floweth as a river
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune: Henley
Hymn Number: 442
Page Number: 161, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh for the peace that floweth as a river,
Making life's desert places bloom and smile!
Oh for that faith to grasp the glad Forever,
Amid the shadows of earth's Little While!
A little while for patient vigil keeping,
To face the storm, to wrestle with the strong;
A little while to sow the seed with weeping,
Then bind the sheaves and sing the harvest-song.
A little while to wear the veil of sadness,
To toil with weary step through miry ways,
Then to pour forth the fragrant oil of gladness,
And clasp the girdle round the robe of Praise!
A little while, 'mid shadow and illusion,
To strive by faith love's mysteries to spell,
Then read each dark enigma's bright solution,
Then hail sight's verdict-he doeth all things well.
And he who is himself the Gift and Giver,
The future glory and the present smile,
With the bright promise of the glad Forever,
Will light the shadows of earth's Little While.