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Oh for a song, a fair new song
Of praise, and joy, and love!
To reach the hearts
of earth’s sad throng,
And lift to heaven above—
Of praise like the praise
that the angels bring:
Of joy like the joy of the birds;
Of the love in our hearts
for the Christ our King—
Love ever too deep for words.
Of for a song, a fair new song,
That ne’er was sung before!
To sing to Him to whom belong
Our praises evermore—
A song like the echo
from harps above,
Dropped down from the city of gold;
Yea, a song of the joy,
and the praise, and love,
That ne’er hath been sung or told.
Oh, who shall sing
this fair new song,
Or make its chords complete—
All notes of love,
in souls that throng,
And place before His feet
All fadeless the flowers
in His pathway strewn,
The pathway of Jesus our King;
Help us, Lord! For alas,
sadly out of tune
Are the hearts which
the song would sing.
Oh, help us, Lord,
who knowest all!
We cannot sing or speak;
The clearest notes our lips let fall
Seem e’er too cold and weak:
Though sweet are the strains
which our songs have rung
From earth to the city of gold.
Yet His fulness of glory
we never have sung—
The half ne’er hath yet been told.
Such songs as angels
ne’er can bring,
The joy more pure than birds;
The love we bear
for Christ our King—
‘Tis far too deep for words.
Be still, heart of mine!
We must wait awhile,
Thy God will attune thee ere long;
Then in heaven thou shalt sing
in the Master’s smile
For ever the fair new song!
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