Text 1Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish.come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 2Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.” 3Here…
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Text 1O day of rest and gladness,O day of joy and light,O balm of care and sadness,Most beautiful, most bright,On thee the high and lowlyBefore th’ eternal throneSing, “Holy, holy, holy,”To the great Three in One. 2Thou art a port protectedFrom storms that round us rise;A garden intersectedWith streams of paradise;Thou art a cooling fountainIn…
Text 1O for that flame of living fireWhich shone so bright in saints of old;Which bade their souls to heaven aspire,Calm in distress, in danger bold! 2Where is that spirit, Lord, which dweltIn Abram’s breast, and sealed Him Thine?Which made Paul’s heart with sorrow melt,And glow with energy divine? 3That spirit which from age to…