The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8731

8731. Broken Hearts

1 Like the music of a fountain
Which a thirsty traveler hears,
Speaks a voice from Calv’ry’s mountain,
I am more than all thy fears.

Refrain:
O ye broken hearts, look upward!
Hear the angel voices calling,
Lift your eyes to Calv’ry’s Jesus,
Broken hearted there for you.

2 Tho’ thy heart is crushed and broken,
Like a storm tossed ship at sea,
Sinking, dying, Christ hath spoken,
It is I, look unto Me. [Refrain]

3 Tho’ thy song hath naught but sorrow,
Like a bird’s whose breast is torn,
Fly to Christ, nor wait the morrow,
He hath all thy sorrows borne. [Refrain]

4 Look away beyond thy sadness,
Up to Jesus turn thy gaze;
Then thy song shall turn to gladness—
Then thy tongue shall sound His praise. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Like the music of a fountain
• Title: Broken Hearts
• Author: John Marchant Whyte (1890)
• Refrain First Line: O ye broken hearts, look upward!
• Language: English
• Source: The Finest of Wheat by George D. Elderkin (Chicago: Robert R. McCabe, 1890)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Like the music of a fountain]
• Composer: John Marchant Whyte
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain