1773 Of All the Thoughts of God
1
Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward into souls afar,
Along the psalmist’s music deep,
Now tell me if there any is,
For gift or grace surpassing this:
“He giveth His beloved sleep”?
2
What would we give to our beloved?
The hero’s heart to be unmoved,
The poet’s star tuned harp, to sweep,
The patriot’s voice, to teach and rouse,
The monarch’s crown, to light the brows?
He giveth His beloved sleep.
3
“Sleep soft, beloved!” we sometimes say,
Who have no tune to charm away
Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep
But never doleful dream again
Shall break the happy slumber when
He giveth His beloved sleep.
4
His dews drop mutely on the hill,
His cloud above it saileth still,
Though on its slope men sow and reap;
More softly than the dew is shed,
Or cloud is floated overhead,
He giveth His beloved sleep.

Temukan kidung nyanyian lainnya dari EN (English Hymns)

1774 Happy the Man Who Feareth God
1775 What Cheeering Words Are These!
1776 Balm in Secret Prayer
1777 Blest the Man That Fears Jehovah
1778 Through All the Years, May Israel Say
1779 From Deep Distress and Troubled Thoughts
1780 From Depths of Woe I Raise to Thee
1781 From Out the Depths I Cry, O Lord
1782 From the Depths Do I Invoke Thee
1783 From the Depths My Prayer Ascendeth
1784 Lord, from the Depths to Thee I Cried
1785 Jesus, I Come
1786 Out of the Deep I Call
1787 Out of the Deeps of Long Distress
1788 Out of the Depths to Thee I Cry
1789 When in the Hour of Utmost Need
1790 My Rest
1791 My Savior, on the Word of Truth
1792 Is There Ambition in My Heart?
1793 Not Haughty Is My Heart
1794 Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart
1795 Gracious Lord, Remember David
1796 No Sleep Nor Slumber to His Eyes
1797 Arise, O Lord, Our God, Arise
1798 Come, Shout Aloud the Father’s Grace