Lift Up Your Hearts

Lift up your hearts! We lift them

Lord

to Thee;

Here at Thy feet none oth­er may we see;

Lift up your hearts! E’en so

with one ac­cord

We lift them up

we lift them to the Lord.

Above the le­vel of the for­mer years

The mire of sin

the weight of guil­ty fears

The mist of doubt

the blight of love’s de­cay

O Lord of Light

lift all our hearts to­day!

Above the swamps of sub­ter­fuge and shame

The deeds

the thoughts

that hon­or may not name

The halt­ing tongue that dares not tell the whole

O Lord of Truth

lift ev­ery Christ­ian soul!

Above the storms that vex this low­er state

Pride

jea­lou­sy

and en­vy

rage

and hate

And cold mis­trust that holds e’en friends apart

O Lord of Love

lift ev­ery bro­ther’s heart!

Lift ev­ery gift that Thou Thy­self hast giv’n;

Low lies the best till lift­ed up to Heav’n;

Low lie the bound­ing heart

the teem­ing brain

Till

sent from God

they mount to God again.

Then

as the trum­pet call

in aft­er years

Lift up your hearts! rings peal­ing in our ears

Still shall those hearts re­spond

with full ac­cord

We lift them up

we lift them to the Lord!