The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
Words: John M. Whyte, in The Finest of the Wheat, by George D. Elderkin (Chicago, Illinois: Robert R. McCabe, 1890), number 86.
Music: Carrara John M. Whyte, 1890 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Whyte (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Like the music of a fountain
Which a thirsty traveler hears,
Speaks a voice from Calv’ry’s mountain,
I am more than all thy fears.
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O ye broken hearts, look upward!
Hear the angel voices calling,
Lift your eyes to Calv’ry’s Jesus,
Broken hearted there for you.
Tho’ thy heart is crushed and broken,
Like a storm tossed ship at sea,
Sinking, dying, Christ hath spoken,
It is I, look unto Me.
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Tho’ thy song hath naught but sorrow,
Like a bird’s whose breast is torn,
Fly to Christ, nor wait the morrow,
He hath all thy sorrows borne.
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Look away beyond thy sadness,
Up to Jesus turn thy gaze;
Then thy song shall turn to gladness—
Then thy tongue shall sound His praise.
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