Author: Reginald Heber Hymnal: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #324 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 By cool Siloam’s shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill
Of Sharon’s dewy rose!
2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.
3 By cool Siloam’s shady rill
The lily must decay;
The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.
4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man’s maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow’s power,
And stormy passion’s rage.
5 O Thou, whose infant feet were found
Within thy Father's shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,
Were all alike divine:
6 Dependent on thy bounteous breath,
We seek thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own.
AMEN. Topics: Baptism Languages: English Tune Title: HOLY CROSS
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