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Roll Out, O Song to God

Roll out, O song, to God

Author: Frank Sewall
Tune: VIGLIA
Published in 3 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. Roll out, O song to God!
Move on, ye throngs of men!
Chances and changes come and go;
God changeth not! Amen.
And on the throngs of men,
On worrying care and strife,
Sinks down, as if from angel tongues,
The word of hope and life.

2. Down in the darksome ways
And worrying whirl of life
Sinks, like a strain of vesper song,
The thought of His great strife;
Who, of the virgin born,
Made all our chains His own,
And broke them with His own right arm,
Nor left us more alone.

3. Amid the weak, One strong,
Amid the false, One true,
Amid all change, One changing not,
One hope we ne’er shall rue.
In whose sight all is now,
In whose love all is best:
The things of this world pass away,
Come, let us in Him rest.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #5840

Author: Frank Sewall

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Text Information

First Line: Roll out, O song, to God
Title: Roll Out, O Song to God
Author: Frank Sewall
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #5840
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The Cyber Hymnal #5840

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