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Text:These Things Shall Be
Author:John A. Symonds
Tune:TRURO

400. These Things Shall Be

1 These things shall be: a loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known shall rise
With flame of freedom in their souls
And light of knowledge in their eyes.

2 They shall be gentle, brave, and strong,
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man's lordship firm
On earth, and fire, and sea, and air.

3 Nation with nation, land with land,
Unarmed shall live as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.

4 New arts shall bloom of loftier mold,
And mightier music thrill the skies,
And every life shall be a song,
When all the earth is paradise.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: These things shall be: a loftier race
Title: These Things Shall Be
Author: John A. Symonds (1880)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1957
Scripture: ;
Tune Information
Name: TRURO
Meter: L. M.
Key: D Major
Source: From "Psalmodia Evangelica", 1789



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