The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12322

12322. There Is A Fold Whence None Can Stray

1 There is a fold whence none can stray,
And pastures ever green,
Where sultry sun, or stormy day,
Or night, is never seen.

2 Far up the everlasting hills,
In God’s own light, it lies;
His smile its vast dimension fills
With joy that never dies.

3 One narrow vale, one darksome wave,
Divides that land from this;
I have a shepherd pledged to save,
And bear me home to bliss.

4 Soon at His feet my soul will lie,
In life’s last struggling breath;
But I shall only seem to die,
I shall not taste of death.

5 Far from this guilty world, to be
Exempt from toil and strife;
To spend eternity with Thee,
My Savior, this is life!

Text Information

• First Line: There is a fold whence none can stray
• Title: There Is A Fold Whence None Can Stray
• Author: John East
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: My Saviour; or, Devotional Meditations in Prose and Verse, 1836
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ELIM
• Composer: Henry Wellington Greatorex (1849)
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain