Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The world may change from old to new
Topic: The Gospel/The Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: Sarah Adams
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 438
Page Number: 267, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe world may change from old to new,
From new to old again;
Yet hope and heaven, forever true,
Within our hearts remain.
Hope leads the child to plant the flow,
The man to sow the seed;
Nor leaves fulfillment to her hour, --
But prompts again to deed.
And ere upon the old man's dust
The grass is seen to wave,
We look through falling tears, to trust
Hope's sunshine on the grave.
O, no! it is no flattering lure,
No fancy weak or fond,
When hope would bid us rest secure
In better life beyond.
Nor love, nor shame, nor grief , nor tears,
Her promise may gainsay;
The voice divine speaks through our years,
To cheer us on our way.