Sweet Is the Friendly Voice Which Speaks

Sweet is the friend­ly voice which speaks

The words of life and peace;

Which bids the pe­ni­tent re­joice

And sin and sor­row cease.

No heal­ing balm on earth like this

Can cheer the con­trite heart;

No flat­ter­ing dreams of earth­ly bliss

Such pure de­light im­part.

Thou still art mer­ci­ful and kind;

Thy mer­cy

Lord

re­veal:

The brok­en heart ’tis Thou canst bind

The wound­ed spir­it heal.

Let Thy bright pre­sence

Lord

re­store

Peace to my anx­ious breast:

Conduct me in the path that leads

To ev­er­last­ing rest.