4780. O Earth, Thou Shalt Not Languish

1. O earth, thou shalt not languish
For aye, because of sin;
Thou shalt forget thine anguish
When Christ hath entered in.
Thy paradisal beauty
Shall be once more restored,
When all thy wide dominions
Are holy to the Lord.

2. Confusion and commotion
Heave now thy troubled breast,
Where thine eternal ocean
Moans in its long unrest.
But even as thou mournest
In thy captivity,
God’s hidden ones are seeking
To bring God’s peace to thee.

3. O earth, thy wound was mortal,
Dealt by the hand of sin;
But through thy open portal
Thy healer cometh in.
The knowledge of His glory,
In fullness as the sea,
Shall soon, with waves baptismal,
Surround and cover thee.

Text Information
First Line: O earth, thou shalt not languish
Title: O Earth, Thou Shalt Not Languish
Author: Eliza C. Snell (1903)
Meter: 76.76 D
Language: English
Source: The Gospel Hymn Book, by Daniel B. Towner (Dayton, Ohio: The Lorenz Publishing Company, 1903), number 103
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PEAKHURST
Composer: Edward M. Fuller (1903)
Meter: 76.76 D
Incipit: 55323 21114 46555
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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