way trans-gression, And rule in eq - ui- ty.
Whose souls, condemned and dy - ing, Were pre-cious in His sight. A-MEN.
3 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And love, joy, hope, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth.
Before Him on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness in fountains
From hill to valley flow.
4 To Him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end.
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His Name shall stand forever,—
That Name to us is Love.
James Montgomery, 1821.