Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The spring-tide hour
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: J Monsell
Composer:
Meter: 4s and 6s or CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1033
Page Number: 612, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe spring-tide hour
Brings leaf and flower
With songs of life and love;
And many a lay
Wears out the day
In many a leafy grove.
Bird, flower, and tree
Seem to agree
Their choicest gifts to bring;
But this poor heart
Bears not its part,
In it there is no spring.
Dews fall apace,
The dews of grace,
Upon this soul of sin;
And love divine
Delights to shine
Upon the waste within;
Yet, year by year,
Fruits, flowers, appear,
And birds their praises sing
But this poor heart
Bears not its part,
Its winter has no spring.
Lord, let thy love,
Fresh from above,
Soft as the south-wind blow;
Call forth its bloom,
Wake its perfume,
And bid its spices flow!
And when thy voice
Makes earth rejoice,
And the hills laugh and sing,
Lord! make this heart
To bear its part,
And join the praise of spring!