Long Ago the Lilies Faded

Long ago the li­lies fad­ed

Which to Je­sus seemed so fair

But the love that bade them blos­som

Still is work­ing ev­ery­where.

In the fields

and in the val­leys

By the streams we love so well

There is great­er glo­ry bloom­ing

Than the tongue of man can tell.

Long ago in sac­red si­lence

Died the ac­cents of His pray­er;

Still the souls that seek the Fa­ther

Find His pre­sence ev­ery­where.

Let us seek Him

still be­liev­ing

He that work­eth round us yet

Clothing li­lies in the mea­dows

Will His child­ren ne’er forget.