
College Hymnal #340
Display Title: Earth, with its dark and dreadful ills First Line: Earth, with its dark and dreadful ills Tune Title: ANASTASIA Author: Alice Cary Date: 1897
College Hymnal #340
1. Earth, with all its dark and dreadful ills,
Recedes and fades away;
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly hills,
Ye gates of death, give way!
2. My soul is full of whispered song;
My blindness is my sight;
The shadows that I feared so long
Are all alive with light.
3. The while my pulses faintly beat,
My faith doth so abound;
I feel grow firm beneath my feet
The green immortal ground.
4. That faith to me a courage gives,
Low as the grave to go;
I know that my Redeemer lives—
That I shall live, I know.
5. The palace walls I almost see
Where dwells my Lord and king;
O grave! where is thy victory?
O death! where is thy sting?
First Line: | Earth, with its dark and dreadful ills |
Title: | The Palace Walls |
Author: | Alice Cary |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | The palace walls I almost see |
Copyright: | Public Domain |