The phrase "unknown" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Where is the unknown country?
I whispered sad and slow,...
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Where is the unknown country?
I whispered sad and slow,
...With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying round Thy throne....
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying round Thy throne.
...And hills and seas retire;
His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world in fire....
And hills and seas retire;
His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world in fire.
...Where no tears nor sighs molest;
Where all shall dwell in joy unknown,
In that beautiful land of rest....
Where no tears nor sighs molest;
Where all shall dwell in joy unknown,
In that beautiful land of rest.
...Glory to God, the Trinity,
Whose name has mysteries unknown;
In essence One, in persons Three,...
Glory to God, the Trinity,
Whose name has mysteries unknown;
In essence One, in persons Three,
...Great God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to Thy Son,...
Great God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to Thy Son,
...As we go and come.
All unknown, beside me,
He will ever stand,...
As we go and come.
All unknown, beside me,
He will ever stand,
...Come to Me and rest.
Leave the unknown future
In the Master’s hand,...
Come to Me and rest.
Leave the unknown future
In the Master’s hand,
...His birth; the nations learn His name;
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God....
His birth; the nations learn His name;
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God.
...Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow
Rends thy breast to Him unknown;
He today and He tomorrow...
Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow
Rends thy breast to Him unknown;
He today and He tomorrow
...In every thought, and word, and task,
Be near us, though unknown.
Still lead us, wandering in the dark,...
In every thought, and word, and task,
Be near us, though unknown.
Still lead us, wandering in the dark,
...Jehovah Himself doth invite
To drink of His pleasures unknown,
The streams of immortal delight,...
Jehovah Himself doth invite
To drink of His pleasures unknown,
The streams of immortal delight,
...O’er souls, by passion’s uproar filled
With anarchy unknown,
The nobler powers, restored by Thee,...
O’er souls, by passion’s uproar filled
With anarchy unknown,
The nobler powers, restored by Thee,
...Welcome thy descending Lord.
Grace unequaled, love unknown!
Jesus lays aside His crown,...
Welcome thy descending Lord.
Grace unequaled, love unknown!
Jesus lays aside His crown,
...Happy only in Thy love,
Poor, unfriended, or unknown;
Fix my thoughts on things above,...
Happy only in Thy love,
Poor, unfriended, or unknown;
Fix my thoughts on things above,
...By God’s almighty Word;
Abra’m, to unknown countries led,
By faith obeyed the Lord....
By God’s almighty Word;
Abra’m, to unknown countries led,
By faith obeyed the Lord.
...And deluges the house of clay.
Sure pledge of ecstasies unknown
Shall this divine communion be:...
And deluges the house of clay.
Sure pledge of ecstasies unknown
Shall this divine communion be:
...His Spirit He has given,
O gift of love unknown!
’Twill lead us home to Heaven...
His Spirit He has given,
O gift of love unknown!
’Twill lead us home to Heaven
...His guardian hand doth hold, protect,
And save, by ways unknown,
The little flock, the saints elect,...
His guardian hand doth hold, protect,
And save, by ways unknown,
The little flock, the saints elect,
...Speak loving words, for soon thou’lt be
Pale, silent and unknown;
And loving words alone will tell...
Speak loving words, for soon thou’lt be
Pale, silent and unknown;
And loving words alone will tell
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