2962. In Christ I Feel the Heart of God

1. In Christ I feel the heart of God
Throbbing from Heav’n through earth;
Life stirs again within the clod,
Renewed in beauteous birth;
The soul springs up, a flower of prayer,
Breathing His breath out on the air.

2. In Christ I touch the hand of God,
From His pure height reached down,
By blessèd ways before untrod,
To lift us to our crown;
Vict’ry that only perfect is
Through loving sacrifice, like His.

3. Holding His hand, my steadied feet
May walk the air, the seas;
On life and death His smile falls sweet,
Lights up all mysteries;
Stranger nor exile can I be
In new worlds where He leadeth me.

4. Not my Christ only; He is ours:
Humanity’s close bond;
Key to its vast, unopened powers,
Dream of our dreams beyond.
What yet we shall be none can tell:
Now we are His, and all is well.

Text Information
First Line: In Christ I feel the heart of God
Title: In Christ I Feel the Heart of God
Author: Lucy Larcom (1881)
Meter: 86.86.88
Language: English
Source: Wild Roses of Cape Ann, 1881
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SOLITUDE
Composer: Ebenezer Prout, 1835-1909
Meter: 86.86.88
Incipit: 32143 62235 43235
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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