Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Like Noah's weary dove (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Like Noah's weary dove

Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs

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

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 219

Page Number: 307, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

LIKE Noah's weary dove,

That soar'd the earth around,

But not a resting-place above

The cheerless waters found,--



O cease, my wand'ring soul,

On restless wing to roam;

All the wide world to either pole

Has not for thee a home.



Behold the Ark of God,

Behold the open door;

Hasten to gain that dear abode,

And rove, my soul, no more.



There safe thou shalt abide,

There sweet shall be thy rest,

And ev'ry longing satisfied,

With full salvation blest.



And when the waves of ire,

Again the earth shall fill,

The ark shall ride the sea of fire,

Then rest on Zion's hill.