Hymn: A voice upon the midnight air
- Title:
- First Line: A voice upon the midnight air
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: James Martineau
- Born: 1805
- Died: 1900
- Gender: M
Full Text
A voice upon the midnight air, Where Kedron's moonlit waters stray, Weeps forth in agony of prayer, O Father, take this cup away! Ah, thou who sorrowst unto death, We conquer in thy mortal fray; And earth for all her children saith, O God, take not this cup away! O Lord of sorrow, meekly die; Thou lt heal or hallow all our woe; Thy peace shall still the mourner's sigh; Thy strength shall raise the faint and low. Great chief of faithful souls, arise; None else can lead the martyr band, Who teach the soul how peril flies, When faith, unarmed, uplifts the hand. O King of earth, the cross ascend; O'er climes and ages 'tis thy throne; Where'er thy fading eye may bend, The desert blooms and is thine own. Thy parting blessing, Lord, we pray; Make but one fold below, above; And when we go the last, lone way, O, give the welcome of thy love.