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THE HEAVENLY FRIEND.
Have you a Father like to mine, with such deep tenderness?
For me a kingdom doth He keep, for me a crown is won;
I was a rebel once. He calls the rebel child His son.
For me a kingdom doth He keep, for me a crown is won;
I was a rebel once. He calls the rebel child His son.
I have a proved unerring Guide! whose love I often grieve,
He brings me golden promises my heart can scarce receive;
He leadeth me, and hope and cheer doth for my path provide,
For dreary nights and days of drought: have you so sure a Guide?
Quench not the faintest whisper that the heavenly Dove may bring,
He seeks with holy love to lure the wanderer 'neath His wing.
He brings me golden promises my heart can scarce receive;
He leadeth me, and hope and cheer doth for my path provide,
For dreary nights and days of drought: have you so sure a Guide?
Quench not the faintest whisper that the heavenly Dove may bring,
He seeks with holy love to lure the wanderer 'neath His wing.
I have a Home! a home so bright, its beauties none can know;
Its sapphire pavements, and such palms—none ever saw below;
Its golden streets resound with joy, its pearly gates with praise;
A temple standeth in the midst no human hands could raise;
Its sapphire pavements, and such palms—none ever saw below;
Its golden streets resound with joy, its pearly gates with praise;
A temple standeth in the midst no human hands could raise;
