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To Veil Thy Truth
Author: Thomas W. Higginson Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: To veil Thy truth by dark’ning or by hiding Lyrics:
1 To veil Thy truth by dark’ning or by hiding;
To stand irresolute, or shrink appalled;
To deal vague words of customary chiding;
Father! to no such work Thy voice hath called.
2 Our eyes are dim, yet can we seek the duty;
Our ears are dull, yet we can shun the wrong;
’Tis not in vain that here, amid the beauty
Of Thy deep teachings, we have stayed so long.
3 Some wounds have turned to pearls; some limbs offending
We had the strength to seize and rend away;
Some passioned earthly songs have changed, in ending,
To choral anthem and triumphant lay.
4 To build of gentle hearts Thy church, the peerless,
To speak the truth in love, whate’er befalls,
To make our brothers humble, tireless, fearless,
This is the work to which Thy Spirit calls.
5 Some seeds we sow may blossom into flowers,
And those bear fruit, to ripen ’neath Thy sun;
And Thou wilt lead these trembling hearts of ours
On to that peace where and aim and deed grow one.
Used With Tune: CONSOLATION
To Veil Thy Truth
O Sad-Faced Mourners
Author: May L. R. Smith Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O sad-faced mourners, who each day are wending Lyrics:
1 O sad-faced mourners, who each day are wending
Through churchyard paths of cypress and of yew,
Leave, for today, the low graves you are tending,
And lift your eyes to God’s eternal blue!
2 Leave, for today, all murmuring and sadness;
Twine Easter lilies, and not asphodels;
Let your souls answer to the thrill of gladness,
And to the melody of Easter bells.
3 If Christ were still within the grave’s low prison—
A captive to the enemy you dread;
If from that mouldering cell He had not risen,
Who then could chide the bitter tears you shed?
4 Poor hearts! the butterfly, with pinions golden,
Spurns that gray cell which once its freedom barred;
And the freed soul, with wings no longer holden,
Smiles back on life as on a broken shard.
5 If Christ were dead, you would have need to sorrow;
But He has risen, and conquered death for aye!
So dry your tears, if only till the morrow;
Arise, and give your grief a holiday!
Used With Tune: CONSOLATION Text Sources: Sometimes and Other Poems (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1893)
O Sad-Faced Mourners
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