1Sometimes I hear strange music,Like none e’er heard before,Come floating softly earthwardAs thro’ heav’n’s open door:It seems like angel voices,In strains of and love,That swell the mighty chorusAround the throne above. RefrainO sweet, celestial music,Heard from a land afar-The song of Heav’n and Homeland,Thro’ doors God leaves ajar! 2Now soft, and low, and restful,It floods […]
1Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,still all my song shall be,nearer, my God, to thee;nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 2Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,darkness be over me, my rest a stone;yet in my dreams I’d benearer, my God, to
1Take the Name of Jesus with you,Child of sorrow and of woe,It will joy and comfort give you;Take it then, where’er you go. RefrainPrecious Name, O how sweet!Hope of earth and joy of Heav’n.Precious Name, O how sweet!Hope of earth and joy of Heav’n. 2Take the Name of Jesus ever,As a shield from every snare;If
1There is a balm in GileadTo make the wounded whole;There is a balm in GileadTo heal the sin-sick soul. 2Sometimes I feel discouraged,And think my work’s in vain,But then the Holy SpiritRevives my soul again. 3If you can not preach like Peter,If you can not pray like Paul,You can tell the love of Jesus,And say
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 see
