Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Hear what God the Lord hath spoken
Topic: Heaven
Writer: William Cowper
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Austria
Hymn Number: 506
Page Number: 172, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHEAR what God, the Lord, hath spoken:
O my people, faint and few,
Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
Fair abodes I build for you;
Scenes of heartfelt tribulation
Shall no more perplex your ways;
You shall name your walls "Salvation."
And your gates shall all be "Praise."
There, like streams that feed the garden,
Pleasures without end shall flow,
For the Lord, your faith rewarding,
All his bounty shall bestow.
Still, in undisturbed possession,
Peace and righteousness shall reign
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.
Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moons no more shall see;
But, your griefs forever ending,
Find eternal noon in me.
God shall rise, and shinning o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your Glory
God, your everlasting Light.