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Text:Lord, What a Change Within Us
Arranger:William P. Merrill
Author:Richard C. Trench
Tune:FFIGYSBREN
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

4092. Lord, What a Change Within Us

1. Lord, what a change within us one short hour
Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make;
What heavy burdens from our bosoms take,
What parchèd fields refresh as with a shower!

2. We kneel, and all around us seems to lower;
We rise, and all, the distant and the near,
Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear;
We kneel, how weak; we rise, how full of power.

3. Why should we ever weak or heartless be,
Why are we ever overborne with care,
Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer,
And joy, and strength, and courage are with Thee?

Text Information
First Line: Lord, what a change within us one short hour
Title: Lord, What a Change Within Us
Author: Richard C. Trench (1856)
Arranger: William P. Merrill (1907)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: FFIGYSBREN
Composer: Anonymous
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Incipit: 13335 43223 13335
Key: F Major
Source: Welsh hymn tune
Copyright: Public Domain



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