Whispering Hope (Winner)

Soft as the voice of an an­gel

Breathing a les­son un­heard

Hope with a gen­tle per­sua­sion

Whispers her com­fort­ing word:

Wait till the dark­ness is ov­er

Wait till the tem­pest is done

Hope for the sun­shine to­mor­row

After the show­er is gone.

Whispering hope

Oh how wel­come thy voice

Making my heart in its sor­row re­joice.

If

in the dusk of the twi­light

Dim be the re­gion afar

Will not the deep­en­ing dark­ness

Brighten the glim­mer­ing star?

Then when the night is up­on us

Why should the heart sink away?

When the dark mid­night is ov­er

Watch for the break­ing of day.

Hope

as an an­chor so stead­fast

Rends the dark veil for the soul

Whither the Mas­ter has en­tered

Robbing the grave of its goal.

Come then

O come

glad frui­tion

Come to my sad wea­ry heart;

Come

O Thou blest hope of glo­ry

Never

O nev­er de­part.