Pleasing spring again is here!

The words

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   Stanza 1. Pleasing spring again is here!Trees and fields in bloom appear;Hark! the birds, with artless lays,Warble their Creator’s praise!Where, in winter, all was snow,Now the flow’rs in clusters grow;And the corn, in green array,Promises a harvest–day.

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   Stanza 2. What a change has taken place!Emblem of the spring of grace;How the soul, in winter, mournsTill the LORD, the Sun, returns;Till the Spirit’s gentle rain,Bids the heart revive again;Then the stone is turned to flesh,And each grace springs forth afresh.

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   Stanza 3. LORD, afford a spring to me!Let me feel like what I see;Ah! my winter has been long,Chilled my hopes, and stopped my song!Winter threatened to destroyFaith, and love, and every joy;If thy life was in the root,Still I could not yield thee fruit.

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   Stanza 4. Speak, and by thy gracious voiceMake my drooping soul rejoice;O beloved Savior, haste,Tell me all the storms are past:On thy garden deign to smile,Raise the plants, enrich the soil;Soon thy presence will restoreLife, to what seemed dead before.

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   Stanza 5. LORD, I long to be at home,Where these changes never come!Where the saints no winter fear,Where ’tis spring throughout the year:How unlike this state below!There the flow’rs unwith’ring blow,There no chilling blasts annoy,All is love, and bloom, and joy.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 33. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-33