Close Beside the Heart that Loves Me

Close beside the heart that loves me

Translator: John Brownlie
Published in 2 hymnals

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Close beside the heart that loves me
Would I rest in sorrow's hour,
With a Father's smile above me,
And beneath an arm of power.

Weak and worthless, worn and weary,
Welcome bids my faith be strong;
Sorrow's hour is short if dreary,
Joy shall last through ages long.

Dark the hour, but comes the morrow,
Dawn shall waken by and by;
Light shall gild the clouds of sorrow,
When the sun is in the sky.

Rest, my soul, that love unfailing
Strengthens in the hour of woe,--
For the pain thy life assailing
Found Him when he dwelt below.

'Tis a heart that knows the sorrow,
Trust it when the night comes down;--
Tears shall yield to song to-morrow,
Night to morn, and cross to crown.

Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church, 1902

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Translator: John Brownlie

John Brownlie - Translator of Greek hymns Brownlie attended the University of Glasgow and the Free Church College. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1884, and in 1885 became Assistant Minister of Trinity Free Church in Portpatrick, Wigtonshire; he succeeded the the senior pastor there upon the latter's death in 1890. He joined the local School Board in 1888, and became a governor of Stranraer High School in 1897, and Chairman of the governors in 1901. Glasgow University awarded him an honorary DD degree in 1908 for his work in hymnology. His works include: Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church Hymnary, 1899 Hymns of Our Pilgrimage, 1889 Zionward, Hymns of the Pilgrim Life, 1890 Pilgrim Songs, 1892… Go to person page >

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First Line: Close beside the heart that loves me
Title: Close Beside the Heart that Loves Me
Translator: John Brownlie
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: English
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