The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13487

13487. There Is Purpose In This Waste

1 There is purpose in this waste;
Women, as away ye haste,
Precious spices strew the ground,
Sweetness they will shed around.

2 What ye meant for Him, on us
He has now bestowed, and thus
Sunny winds with fragrant breath
Will disperse the scent of death.

3 Happy morning, calmly bright,
Never clouds shall dim your light;
Happy garden, kindly free,
All the world may walk in thee.

4 Love is freer than the wave,
Love is stronger than the grave,
Love is brighter than the sky,
Love has won the victory.

Text Information

• First Line: There is purpose in this waste
• Title: There Is Purpose In This Waste
• Author: Thomas T. Lynch
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: The Rivulet (3rd ed, enl.) (London: Longmans, Green, Readyer & Dyer, 1868)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: WORRELL by Edna R. Worrell, WORTHINGTON by Raymond D. Mallary, XAVIER by Francis H. Champneys

Tune Information

• Name: YARBROUGH
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain