 | Songs in many keys |  |
105
XXV. CONTRITION.
The contrite heart, this in God's eyes
Is the most welcome sacrifice;
With this no other can compare,
None is so costly, none so fair;
All other gifts it far outvies.
Is the most welcome sacrifice;
With this no other can compare,
None is so costly, none so fair;
All other gifts it far outvies.
No sweeter songs than those sad sighs
That from a broken spirit rise,
When penitence reveals in prayer
The contrite heart!
That from a broken spirit rise,
When penitence reveals in prayer
The contrite heart!
God loves these low impassioned cries;
He hears them in His Paradise;
It matters not when breathed, or where;
With angels' songs His ear they share,
For in their pleading He descries
The contrite heart!
He hears them in His Paradise;
It matters not when breathed, or where;
With angels' songs His ear they share,
For in their pleading He descries
The contrite heart!
| Songs in many keys | |