| |
| THE GLORY of the spring how sweet! | |
| The newborn life how glad! | |
| What joy the happy earth to greet | |
| In new, bright raiment clad; | |
| |
| The blessèd vernal airs to hail | 5 |
| In their renewing power, | |
| The new song of each nightingale, | |
| The new birth of each flower! | |
| |
| Divine Renewer! Thee I bless; | |
| I greet Thy going forth: | 10 |
| I love Thee in the loveliness | |
| Of Thy renewèd earth. | |
| |
| But O! these wonders of Thy grace, | |
| These nobler works of Thine, | |
| These marvels sweeter far to trace, | 15 |
| These new-births more divine! | |
| |
| These sinful souls Thou hallowest, | |
| These hearts Thou makest new, | |
| These mourning souls by Thee made blest, | |
| These faithless hearts made true: | 20 |
| |
| This new-born glow of faith so strong, | |
| This bloom of love so fair; | |
| This new-born ecstasy of song | |
| And fragrancy of prayer! | |
| |
| Creator Spirit, work in me | 25 |
| These wonders sweet of Thine! | |
| Divine Renewer, graciously | |
| Renew this heart of mine! | |
| |
| Grant me the grace of the New Birth, | |
| The joy of the New Song! | 30 |
| The vernal bloom, the vernal mirth | |
| In my new heart prolong! | |
| |
| Still let new life and strength upspring, | |
| Still let new joy be given! | |
| And grant the glad new song to ring | 35 |
| Through the new earth and Heaven! | |
| |
