Poems and Songs By Robert Gilfillan. Fourth edition. With memoir of the author, and appendix of his latest pieces |
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PARAPHRASE UPON ISAIAH.
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PARAPHRASE UPON ISAIAH.
CHAP. XXXV.
Lo! in that day when to the just
God shall Redemption bring;
Then every valley shall be glad,
And all the woods shall sing.
God shall Redemption bring;
Then every valley shall be glad,
And all the woods shall sing.
Yea, they with songs abundantly
Shall singing thus rejoice—
Of Lebanon the glory is,
And her Redeemer's choice.
Shall singing thus rejoice—
Of Lebanon the glory is,
And her Redeemer's choice.
The wilderness and desert wild,
Where green leaf never grows,
Lo! they in beauty shall bud forth,
And blossom as the rose.
Where green leaf never grows,
Lo! they in beauty shall bud forth,
And blossom as the rose.
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Say to the weak of heart, Be strong;
Confirm the feeble knees,
And bid the drooping hands be raised,
For God their trouble sees.
Confirm the feeble knees,
And bid the drooping hands be raised,
For God their trouble sees.
And he their sufferings will avenge,
Their sorrows will repay,
And they with joy shall find in him
A Saviour in that day.
Their sorrows will repay,
And they with joy shall find in him
A Saviour in that day.
Then shall the lame leap as the hart,
The blind shall look and see:
The deaf shall hear, and of the dumb
The mouth shall opened be!
The blind shall look and see:
The deaf shall hear, and of the dumb
The mouth shall opened be!
Then springs shall cheer the wilderness,
Where weary pilgrims go;
And waters from the barren rock
In living streams shall flow.
Where weary pilgrims go;
And waters from the barren rock
In living streams shall flow.
And there the path of holiness
For just men shall be spread;
But fools, and those that wicked are,
That pathway shall not tread.
For just men shall be spread;
But fools, and those that wicked are,
That pathway shall not tread.
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No lion strong, nor ravenous beast,
Shall find that valley fair;
But they—the ransomed of the Lord—
Shall walk and worship there.
Shall find that valley fair;
But they—the ransomed of the Lord—
Shall walk and worship there.
With songs they shall to Zion come,
And there for ever stay;
And sighs and sorrows, griefs and tears,
Shall ever flee away!
And there for ever stay;
And sighs and sorrows, griefs and tears,
Shall ever flee away!
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