The Glory Of The Spring How Sweet

 "But it is good for me to draw near to God;  I have put my trust in the
Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works."
(Psalm 73:28)

Cute Black-nosed Lambs in Ireland

Photograph courtesy Ireland Travel via Pinterest

The glory of the spring how sweet!

The new-born life how glad!

What joy the happy earth to greet

In new, bright raiment clad!

Divine Redeemer, Thee I bless;

I greet Thy going forth;

I love Thee in the loveliness

Of Thy renewed earth.

But O these wonders of Thy grace,

These nobler works of Thine,

These marvels sweeter far to trace,

These new births more divine:

The new-born glow of faith so strong,

This bloom of love so fair,

The new-born ecstasy of song,

And fragrancy of prayer!

Creator Spirit, work in me

These wonders sweet of Thine;

Divine Redeemer, graciously

Renew this heart of mine.

Still let new life and strength upspring,

Still let new joy be given;

And grant the glad new song to ring

Through the new earth and Heaven.

"The Glory Of The Spring How Sweet"
(1867)
Thomas Hornblower Gill
(1819-1906)
English Presbyterian hymn writer 
and religious scholar