The phrase "The soil" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The soil
...Now the flowers budding sweet
In the soil beneath our feet,
Raise themselves from sleep like death,...
Now the flowers budding sweet
In the soil beneath our feet,
Raise themselves from sleep like death,
...On Thy garden deign to smile,
Raise the plants, enrich the soil;
Soon Thy presence will restore...
On Thy garden deign to smile,
Raise the plants, enrich the soil;
Soon Thy presence will restore
...And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.
Be then no more by a storm dismayed,...
And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.
Be then no more by a storm dismayed,
...These spring up, and choke the weeds
Which would else o’erspread the soil;
Trials make the promise sweet,...
These spring up, and choke the weeds
Which would else o’erspread the soil;
Trials make the promise sweet,
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