The phrase "like theirs" resonates through 6 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
like theirs
...Who slumber in the Lord!
Oh be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward....
Who slumber in the Lord!
Oh be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward.
...Until the dawn lights up the skies.
Form Thou our hearts with faith like theirs,
Who served the days they could not see,...
Until the dawn lights up the skies.
Form Thou our hearts with faith like theirs,
Who served the days they could not see,
...O that our hearts within,
Like theirs, were pure and bright,
O that as free from stain of sin...
O that our hearts within,
Like theirs, were pure and bright,
O that as free from stain of sin
...And worship with them there?
Lofty like theirs shall be our song,
And God vouchsafe to hear....
And worship with them there?
Lofty like theirs shall be our song,
And God vouchsafe to hear.
...In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,...
In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,
...And if Thou turn our prayer away,
Our misery must, like theirs, be known.
To us Thy prophets have been sent...
And if Thou turn our prayer away,
Our misery must, like theirs, be known.
To us Thy prophets have been sent
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