Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: As showers on meadows newly mown
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 253
Page Number: 240, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAs showers on meadows newly mown,
Jesus shall shed his blessings down,
Crown'd with whose life-infusing drops,
Earth shall renew her blissful crops.
Lands that beneath a burning sky,
Have long been desolate and dry,
Th' effusions of his love shall share,
And sudden greens and herbage wear.
The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,
Are not so copious as that grace
Which sanctifies and saves our race.
As in soft silence vernal showers
Descend and cheer the fainting flowers,
So in the secrecy of thy love,
Falls the sweet influence from above.
That heavenly influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,
While every grace maintains its bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.
Nor let these blessings be confined
To me, but pour'd on all mankind,
'Till earth's wide wastes in verdure rise,
And a young Eden bless our eyes.