A Selection of Hymns ‎#CCIX

CCIX. Divine influences compared to rain

1 As showers on meadows newly mown,
Jesus shall shed his blessings down,
Crown'd with whose life-infusing drops,
Earth shall renew her blissful crops.

2 Lands that beneath a burning sky,
Have long been desolate and dry,
Th' effusions of his love shall share,
And sudden greens and herbage wear.

3 The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,
Are not so copious as that grace,
Which sanctifies and saves our race.

4 As in soft silence vernal showers
Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers,
So in the secrecy of love
Falls the sweet influence from above.

5 That heavenly influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,
While every grace maintains it bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.

6 Nor let these blessings be confin'd
To me, but pour'd on all mankind,
'Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,
And a young Eden bless our eyes.

Text Information

• First Line: As showers on meadows newly mown
• Title: Divine influences compared to rain
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Psalm 72:6
• Topic: The Influences and Graces of the Spirit; Influences of the Spirit; Influences of the spirit: Compared to rain; Spirit of God

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