The phrase "The tender blade" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The tender blade
...In verdure, beauty, strength,
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length....
In verdure, beauty, strength,
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length.
...Feel its quickening power.
Lord, we wait; the tender blade
Needs the heav’nly dew;...
Feel its quickening power.
Lord, we wait; the tender blade
Needs the heav’nly dew;
...But when their pains succeed,
And from the tender blade
The ripening ears proceed,...
But when their pains succeed,
And from the tender blade
The ripening ears proceed,
...It springeth up alway;
The tender blade is hope’s young dawn,
The harvest, love’s new day....
It springeth up alway;
The tender blade is hope’s young dawn,
The harvest, love’s new day.
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