Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Saviour visit thy plantation
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Hymn Number: 329
Page Number: 312, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSAVIOUR, visit they plantation,
Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain
All will come to desolation,
Unless thou return again:
Keep no longer at a distance,
Shine upon us from on high,
Lest for want of thine assistance,
Every plant should drop and die;
Surely once thy garden flourished,
Every part looked gay and green,
Then thy word our spirits nourished,
Happy seasons we have seen;
But a drought has since succeeded,
And a sad decline we see;
Lord, they help is greatly needed,
Help an only come from thee.
Where are those we counted leaders,
Filled with zeal and love and truth-
Old professors, tall as cedars,
Bright examples of our youth?
Some, in whom we once delighted,
We shall meet no more below;
Some, alas! We fear are blighted,
Scarce a single leaf they show
Younger plants, the sight how pleasant,
Covered thick with blossoms stood,
But they cause us grief at present,
Frost has nipt them in the bud:
Dearest Saviour, hasten hither,
Thou canst make them bloom again;
Oh! permit them not to wither,
Let not all our hopes be vain.
Let our mutual love be fervent,
Make us prevalent in prayer;
Let ech one esteemed thy servant.
Shun the world's bewitching snare.
Break the tempter's fatal power,
Turn the stony heart to flesh;
And begin, from this good hour,
To revive thy work afresh