8992 | The Cyber Hymnal#8993 | 8994 |
Text: | As Parched in the Barren Sands |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | ABIDING GRACE |
Composer: | John Spencer Camp |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 As parchèd in the barren sands
Beneath a burning sky,
The worthless bramble withering stands,
And only grows to die.
2 Such is the sinner’s awful case,
Who makes the world his trust;
And dares his confidence to place
In vanity and dust.
3 A secret curse destroys his root,
And dries his moisture up;
He lives awhile, but bears no fruit,
Then dies without a hope.
4 But happy he whose hopes depend
Upon the Lord alone;
The soul that trusts in such a friend,
Can ne’er be overthrown.
5 Though gourds should wither, cisterns break,
And creature comforts die;
No change his solid hope can shake,
Or stop his sure supply.
6 So thrives and blooms the tree whose roots
By constant streams are fed;
Arrayed in green, and rich in fruits,
It rears its branching head.
7 It thrives, though rain should be denied,
And drought around prevail;
’Tis planted by a river’s side
Whose waters cannot fail.
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First Line: | As parched in the barren sands |
Title: | As Parched in the Barren Sands |
Author: | John Newton |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779), Book 1 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ABIDING GRACE |
Composer: | John Spencer Camp (1905) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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