The phrase "in the desert" resonates through 9 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
in the desert
...Sweeter to His ear,
Is the footfall in the desert,
Ever drawing near....
Sweeter to His ear,
Is the footfall in the desert,
Ever drawing near.
...Hark! ’tis the Shepherd’s voice I hear
Out in the desert dark and drear,
Calling the sheep who’ve gone astray...
Hark! ’tis the Shepherd’s voice I hear
Out in the desert dark and drear,
Calling the sheep who’ve gone astray
...Over the waters so deep.
Out in the desert they wander,
Hungry and helpless and cold;...
Over the waters so deep.
Out in the desert they wander,
Hungry and helpless and cold;
...Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert He heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die;...
Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert He heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die;
...Throbbing with true love for thee.
Though you’re wandering in the desert,
Pilgrim, through a weary land,...
Throbbing with true love for thee.
Though you’re wandering in the desert,
Pilgrim, through a weary land,
...A call from the ways untrod:
Prepare in the desert a highway,
A highway for our God!...
A call from the ways untrod:
Prepare in the desert a highway,
A highway for our God!
...Where but to Thee in this barren retreat?
Still do we hunger and thirst in the desert,
Savior, dear Savior, O give us to eat....
Where but to Thee in this barren retreat?
Still do we hunger and thirst in the desert,
Savior, dear Savior, O give us to eat.
...By Thine unerring Spirit led,
We shall not in the desert stray,
The light of man’s direction need,...
By Thine unerring Spirit led,
We shall not in the desert stray,
The light of man’s direction need,
...start
Far in the desert wild,
Walking a dreary way,...
start
Far in the desert wild,
Walking a dreary way,
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