Scripture Verse

So will I sing praise unto Thy name for ever. Psalm 61:8

Introduction

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Horatius Bonar
1808–1889

Words: Ar­ranged from Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar, Hymns of Faith and Hope, se­cond ser­ies (Lon­don: James Nis­bet, 1861), pag­es 169–70 (The New Song). Ap­peared in Pre­cious Jew­els, ed­it­ed by J. H. Les­lie & R. B. Ma­haf­fey (New York: C. M. Ca­dy, 1878), page 73.

Music: Po­to­mac Ro­bert G. Sta­ples, 1878 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Robert G. Staples
1833–1891

Lyrics

Above the fearful wrecks of time,
And discord of its angry words,
I hear the everlasting chime,
The music of unjarring chords.

Refrain

Dear land, sweet land of song,
Where dwell the blood-washed throng;
Dear land beyond, to which I go,
That land of bliss I soon shall know.

O song of light and dawn of bliss,
Sound over earth and fill these skies,
Nor ever, ever, ever cease,
Thy soul entrancing melodies.

Refrain

Glad song of this disburdened earth,
Which holy voices then shall sing,
Praise for creation’s second birth,
And glory to creation’s king.

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