The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13731

13731. O the Flowers Of Summer

1 O the flow’rs of summer,
Blooms of every hue,
Take each one as coming
Straight from God to you;
Telling wondrous secrets
Of His power and love,
Wearing still the brightness
Of the home above.

Refrain:
Flow’rs of summer, angel like are they;
Hear the message which they bring today;
He who curbs the ocean’s mighty pow’r
Painted every leaf and flow’r.

2 Just as earth’s creation
Showed the might of God,
So does every flow’ret
Springing from the sod;
He who guides the star worlds,
Curbs the ocean’s power,
With the same hand painteth
Every leaf and flow’r. [Refrain]

3 Touch those sweet flow’rs gently,
So divinely dressed,
They are, in earth’s language
Thoughts of God expressed.
Thoughts of heav’nly glory—
Sweetness, purity,
Must not He who framed them
Wholly lovely be? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O the flow'rs of summer
• Title: O the Flowers Of Summer
• Author: J. W. Barker (1900, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Flow’rs of summer, angel like are they
• Language: English
• Source: The Service of Praise by J. Lincoln Hall et al. (Philadelphia: Hall-Mack Company, 1900)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [O the flow'rs of summer]
• Composer: Charles Austin Miles
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain