Jane Borthwick (trans.) · 56 of 79

Hallelujah! I believe!

JOY IN BELIEVING.

"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature."--I Cor. 5:17.

"Ich glaube, Hallelujah!"

Hallelujah! I believe! Now the giddy world stands fast, Now my soul has found an anchor Till the night of storm is past. All the gloomy mists are rising, And a clue is in my hand, Through earth's labyrinth to guide me To a bright and heavenly land.

Hallelujah! I believe! Sorrow's bitterness is o'er, And affliction's heavy burden Weighs my spirit down no more. On the cross the mystic writing Now revealed before me lies, And I read the words of comfort, "As a father, I chastise."

Hallelujah!, I believe! Now no longer on my soul All the debt of sin is lying-- One great Friend has paid the whole! Ice-bound fields of legal labor I have left, with all their toil; While the fruits of love are growing From a new and genial soil.

Hallelujah! I believe! Now life's mystery is gone, Gladly through its fleeting shadows, To the end I journey on. Through the tempest or the sunshine, Over flowers or ruins led, Still the path is homeward hasting, Where all sorrow shall have fled.

Hallelujah! I believe! Now, O Love! I know thy power, Thine no false or fragile fetters, Not the rose-wreaths of an hour! Christian bonds of holy union, Death itself does not destroy; Yes, to live, and love forever, Is our heritage of joy!