Hope
As the deer pants for streams of water, So my soul is longing after You. Oh how my soul thirsts for God, For the living God. When will I enter His presence, When will I come to see His face? Night and day my tears have been my only food. All the while they say […]
1. I saw one weary, sad, and torn, With eager steps press on the way, Who long the hallowed cross had borne, Still looking for the promised day; While many lines of grief and care, Upon his brow, were furrowed there; I asked what buoyed his spirits up, “O this!” said he, “The blessed hope!” […]
1. How far from home? I asked, as on I bent my steps—the watchman spake: “The long, dark night is almost gone, The morning soon will break. Then weep no more, but speed your flight, With Hope’s bright star your guiding ray, Till you shall reach the realms of light, In everlasting day.” 2. I […]
1. Rejoice, believer, in the Lord, Who makes your cause His own; The hope that’s built upon His Word Shall ne’er be overthrown. 2. Tho many foes beset your road, And feeble is your arm, Your life is hid with Christ in God Beyond the reach of harm. 3. Weak as you are, you shall […]
1. When I was in the shadows, My shoulders carried grief; I struggled for the strand of light That promised me relief. 2. A faith to move the mountains, The might of things not seen; The hope of peace in rolling seas, And grace to know these things. 3. I still stood in the shadows, […]
