Sweet Rivers of Redeeming Love
Tune: William Moore, 1825
Words: John Adam Granade, 1803
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before mine eye,
Had I the pinions of a dove
I'd to those rivers fly;
I'd rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind,
I'd cross o'er Jordan's stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.
A few more days, or years at most,
My troubles will be o'er;
I hope to join the heav'nly host
On Canaan's happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast
In love's unbounded sea:
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing for me. |
God Make My Life a Little Light
Words: Matilda B. B. Edwards
in Good Words, 1873, p. 393
God make my life a little light
Within the world to glow;
A little flame that burneth bright,
Wherever I may go.
Lord make my life a fragrant flower
that giveth joy to all
Content to bloom in native bower,
although the place be small
Lord make my life a soothing song
that comforteth the sad
That helpeth others to be strong
and makes the singer glad
Lord make my life a solid staff,
whereon the weak may rest
That so what health and strength I have,
may serve my neighbors best
Lord make my life a humble hymn
of tenderness and praise
Of faith that never waxeth dim,
in all His wondrous ways
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