Yes, Lord

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"Yes, Lord," O breathe the answer soft and low

Author: Lucy A. Bennett
Tune: ["Yes, Lord," O breathe the answer soft and low]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 “Yes, Lord,” O breathe the answer soft and low,
The one unchanging answer Love can know:
“Amen! Thy will be done on earth below!”
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 “Yes,” if across our path the shadows fall;
“Yes, blessed Master,” tho’ Thy clarion call
Bids us to follow Thee, forsaking all;
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 “Yes,” when the Spirit’s prompting voice is heard;
“Yes,” to each ancient promise of the Word;
“Yes, though fulfilment seemeth long-deferred—
Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 “Yes,” though a thousand bid us answer “No;”
Faith cleaves a passage through the ambushed foe;
“We rest on Thee, and in Thy Name we go,”—
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #137

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Author: Lucy A. Bennett

Lucy A. Bennett was born on January 8, 1850 in Green Farm, Falfield, Gloucestershire, England. She was a staunch Methodist and a poet. She began to write poems, hymns and prose at an early age. As a young woman, she attended Keswick Conventions where she met and corresponded with prominent Christian leaders, including Christina Rosseti and C. H. Spurgeon. She was active at Mount Pleasant Chapel where she arranged for ministers, led a Bible Class for women, and visited and helped the poor and needy. She helped to found All Nations College, Upper Norwood and Mount Hermon College, Streatham Common. She died on March 10, 1927 Dianne Shapiro, from Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879: an annotated biobiliography by Catherine W. Reilly (Lon… Go to person page >

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