Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O that I had wings like a dove
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 826
Page Number: 484, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO that I had wings like a dove,
For, then, would I soon be at rest;
I'd fly to mansions above,
The home of the pure and the blest;
The place where no sorrow or tears
Can ever my pleasures destroy;
But where through eternity's years,
I'll drink from an ocean of joy!
The clouds that now hang o'er my soul,
Make dark all the pathway of life;
While thunders unceasingly roll
In storms of deep anger and strife;
I hope for some bright ray to beam
From clouds where there yet may be light,
But only the light'ning's red gleam
Is seen throught the darkness of night.
I try to be humble and meek,
Leave to all my Saviour's own will;
For, He to the tempest can speak,
The winds will obey and be still;
But now my soul flutters and cries,
And longs to be soaring away,
From darkness and gloom, to the skies,
The regions of bright, endless day.
Dear Saviour, O, let me come home,
And rest on thy bosom in peace;
No more from thy presence to roam-
Then tempests and storms shall all cease
I'll sing of thy wonderful ways,
With all of the glorified throng;-
For ever and ever, thy praise,
Shall be the one theme of my song.