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83. THE PENITENT’S CONFLICT

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​Author:  Karl Philipp Spitta (1801-1859)
​Composer:  Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)​

​1. Life has become so gloomy,
    So grievous is our woe,
    As if the Lord in heaven,
    No spark of love would show.
    As yet no pardon given,
    Earth can no peace afford;
    Yet weary hours thus striven
    Are blessings from the Lord.
 
2. We bear for Him a longing
    When left alone, oppressed;
    If we could but embrace Him,
    Forever hold Him fast!
    With weeping pleas and wrestles,
    As Jacob moved in soul,
    Until we win the conflict,
    And faith shall make us whole.
 
3. Thus we can feel how grievous
    Life without God would be;
    How wretched and how helpless,
    How full of poverty,
    We here would starve and famish
    If not our weeping soul
    The Lord in love would nourish,
    Would comfort and console.
 
4. The Lord at all times chooses
    The time His gifts to share;
    He sends a ray of solace
    To banish grief and care;
    He pours His gentle blessing
    Into the with’ring heart,
    And leads thru gloom and sadness
    To bright ways heavenward.
 
5. Our hearts would prove unfaithful,
    Would tire of Jesus’ love,
    If He the heavy burden
    ’Neath which on earth He strove
    For us and our transgressions
    In His meek lowliness,
    Should not lay on our shoulders
    To share His sore distress.
 
6. Therefore, learn thou His guidance
    Meekly to understand,
    When times of gloom and sadness
    Befall thee in this land.
    Soon shall descend from heaven
    His rich grace, as the dew,
    And make the dreary desert
    A meadow green and new.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements