The Hymnal ‎#349

349. By cool Siloam's shady rill

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 O Thou, whose infant feet were found
Within thy Father's shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,
Were all alike divine:

4 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,
We seek Thy grace alone
I childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still Thine own.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: By cool Siloam's shady rill
• Author: Bishop Reginald Heber (1812)
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Church and the Sacraments: Baptism; Baptism

Tune Information

• Name: SILOAM
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury (1842)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major