Thursday's Thoughts: The Glory Of The Spring How Sweet

 

"This is the day that Lord Jehovah has made; come, we will
leap for joy and rejoice in Him!"
(118:24)
 The Aramaic Bible

Anemone Galilee Blue

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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:

This new-born glow of faith so strong

This bloom of love so fair,

This 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 unspring,

Still let new joy be given;

And grant the glad new song to ring

Through the new earth and Heaven.

"Create in me a pure heart, oh God, and renew your right Spirit within me."
(Psalm 51:10)
The Aramaic Bible

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"The Glory Of The Spring How Sweet"
(1967)
Thomas Hornblower Gill
(1819-1906)
English hymnwriter