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704. From lips divine, like healing balm

1 From lips divine, like healing balm
To hearts oppressed and torn,
The heavenly consolation fell,
"Blessed are they that mourn."

2 Unto the hopes by sorrow crushed
A noble faith succeeds;
And life, by trials furrowed, bears
The fruit of loving deeds.

3 How rich, how sweet, how full of strength
Our human spirits are,
Baptized into the sanctities
Of suffering and of prayer!

4 Yes, heavenly wisdom, love divine,
Breathed through the lips which said,
"O blessed are the hearts that mourn;
They shall be comforted."

Text Information
First Line: From lips divine, like healing balm
Author: William H. Burleigh
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Comfort and Encouragement
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: GRIGG
Composer: Joseph Grigg
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #724, 889, or 669.



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