Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Modern Hymns |
| | | The Future Peace and Glory of the Church |
| | | William Cowper (1731–1800) |
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| HEAR what God, the Lord, hath spoken: | |
| O my people, faint and few, | |
| Comfortless, afflicted, broken, | |
| Fair abodes I build for you. | |
| Thorns of heart-felt tribulation | 5 |
| Shall no more perplex your ways: | |
| You shall name your walls Salvation, | |
| And your gates shall all be Praise. | |
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| There, like streams that feed the garden, | |
| Pleasures without end shall flow; | 10 |
| For the Lord, your faith rewarding, | |
| All his bounty shall bestow; | |
| Still in undisturbed possession | |
| Peace and righteousness shall reign; | |
| Never shall you feel oppression, | 15 |
| Hear the voice of war again. | |
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| Ye no more your suns descending, | |
| Waning moons no more shall see; | |
| But your griefs, forever ending, | |
| Find eternal noon in me. | 20 |
| God shall rise, and, shining o’er you, | |
| Change to day the gloom of night; | |
| He, the Lord, shall be your glory, | |
| God your everlasting light. | |
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