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Text: | His are the thousand sparkling rills |
Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander, 1823-1895 |
Tune: | ELMHURST |
Composer: | Edwin Drewett |
1 His are the thousand sparkling rills
That from a thousand fountains burst,
And fill with music all the hills;
And yet he saith, "I thirst."
2 All fiery pangs on battlefields,
On fever beds where sick men toss,
Are in that human cry he yields
To anguish on the cross.
3 But more than pains that racked him then
Was the deep longing thirst divine
That thirsted for the souls of men;
Dear Lord! and one was mine.
4 O Love most patient, give me grace;
Make all my soul athirst for thee;
That parched dry lip, that fading face,
That thirst, were all for me.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | His are the thousand sparkling rills |
Author: | Cecil Frances Alexander, 1823-1895 |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Compassion of; Christ: Example of(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ELMHURST |
Composer: | Edwin Drewett (1887) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 6. |
Key: | E♭ Major |