Heart Songs: Verses for Christians (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Heart Songs: Verses for Christians Long years ago, one day in sunlit May, There burst forth from my heart a spring-time song; I knew not whence it came, but I dared pray That God would take my words, nor deem them wrong; For all was fair that day, below, above, And I had sung my song in praiseful love. The years have passed, and I have oft-times sung, In other springs, and through long winters too, When joys were full, and e'en when tears were wrung From heart and eyes because life's joys were few; What could I do but sing since Christ was mine? Love must praise such as He, through cloud and shine. Some frowned displeasure some more kindly smiled But thought them folly - these my humble lays; This too I deem them, though they were beguiled By love that could not still its tuneful praise: And - since I love - With spirit bowed and awed, I lay my folly 'at the feet of God! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
