The black­ness

The phrase "The black­ness" resonates through 5 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

The black­ness· 5 hymns found
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There are ma­ny souls that were dark as night,
It may be, per­chance,
From a Fa­ther’s lov­ing care,
Its dark sha­dows were fall­ing up­on me,
That ac­cents of ter­ror be spok­en no more.

The black­ness

That are glow­ing now with im­mor­tal light,
Will burst in­to light
You are drift­ing, slow­ly drift­ing,
Then a hand took me ov­er the mount­ain
But lin­gers no mes­sage of love in the blast?

The Work Must Go On

lyricist: Laurene Highfield, 1911
Composer: Samuel Beazley
Hymn 1

...There are ma­ny souls that were dark as night,

All sha­dowed by the black­ness of sin,

That are glow­ing now with im­mor­tal light,...

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There are ma­ny souls that were dark as night,

All sha­dowed by the black­ness of sin,

That are glow­ing now with im­mor­tal light,

The Work Must Go On

Christ Returneth

lyricist: H. L. Turner, 1878
Composer: James McGranahan, ca. 1906
Hymn 2

...It may be, per­chance,

That the black­ness of mid­night

Will burst in­to light...

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It may be, per­chance,

That the black­ness of mid­night

Will burst in­to light

Christ Returneth

Drifting Down

lyricist: Jessie Pounds, 1898
Composer: William Hackleman
Hymn 3

...From a Fa­ther’s lov­ing care,

To the black­ness of des­pair,

You are drift­ing, slow­ly drift­ing,...

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From a Fa­ther’s lov­ing care,

To the black­ness of des­pair,

You are drift­ing, slow­ly drift­ing,

Drifting Down

The Hand That Lifts Me

lyricist: Byington Smith, 1874
Composer: Mrs. N. B. Covert
Hymn 4

...Its dark sha­dows were fall­ing up­on me,

And ga­ther­ing the black­ness of night;

Then a hand took me ov­er the mount­ain...

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Its dark sha­dows were fall­ing up­on me,

And ga­ther­ing the black­ness of night;

Then a hand took me ov­er the mount­ain

The Hand That Lifts Me

The Lord Has Come Down

lyricist: John Macduff, 1853
Composer: Welsh tune
Hymn 5

...That ac­cents of ter­ror be spok­en no more.

The black­ness, and dark­ness, and tem­pest,are past!

But lin­gers no mes­sage of love in the blast?...

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That ac­cents of ter­ror be spok­en no more.

The black­ness, and dark­ness, and tem­pest,are past!

But lin­gers no mes­sage of love in the blast?

The Lord Has Come Down

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