The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13284

13284. O Let The Land Mourn Through Its Coasts

1 O let the land mourn through its coasts,
The king lay by his state;
And princes, rulers, at their posts,
Awhile sit desolate.

2 Let priests and people, high and low,
Rich, poor, and great, and small,
Invoke, in fellowship of woe,
The Maker of them all.

3 For God hath summoned from His place
Death, in a direr form,
To waken, warn, and scourge our race,
Than earthquake, fire, or storm.

4 Let churches weep within their pale,
And families apart;
Let each in secrecy bewail
The plague of his own heart.

5 So, while the land bemoans its sin,
The pestilence may cease,
And mercy, tempering wrath, bring in
Not health alone, but peace—

6 The peace of God, which passeth thought,
Keep every heart and mind,
Till all, by this affliction taught,
Be to His will resigned.

Text Information

• First Line: O let the land mourn through its coasts
• Title: O Let The Land Mourn Through Its Coasts
• Author: James Montgomery (alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Original Hymns for Public, Private and Social Devotion, (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans:1853
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate Tunes: OLD MARTYRS from "Psalms" (Edinburgh: 1615), YORK from "Scottish Psalter," 1615

Tune Information

• Name: PARIS
• Composer: Michael Lonneke (2005)
• Meter: CM
• Key: d minor or modal
• Copyright: The com­pos­er grants per­mis­sion to re­pro­duce the mu­sic for Chris­tian use.