4106. The Lord Will Happiness Divine

1. The Lord will happiness divine
On contrite hearts bestow;
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine
A contrite heart or no?

2. I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
Insensible as steel;
If aught is felt, ’tis only pain,
To find I cannot feel.

3. I sometimes think myself inclined
To love Thee if I could;
But often feel another mind,
Averse to all that’s good.

4. My best desires are faint and few,
I fain would strive for more;
But when I cry, My strength renew!
Seem weaker than before.

5. Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love Thy house of prayer;
I therefore go where others go,
But find no comfort there.

6. Oh make this heart rejoice, or ache;
Decide this doubt for me;
And if it be not broken, break,
And heal it, if it be.

Text Information
First Line: The Lord will happiness divine
Title: The Lord Will Happiness Divine
Author: William Cowper (1779)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 64
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SOHO
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1881)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 55671 17124 35432
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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