To This Bright Hope
To gather from toil at the set of sun
And meet as one in song and prayer
Before the Sabbath then begun
Family to family bonded, and sweeter
Yet to share a common hope and read
The Holy word that makes us yearn
That Christ for us now who doth intercede
While seal us while the world we spurn
So now I remember you, mother, when we
In one common room did share
The "Home Sweet Home" lamp that made us see
The words of hope that melted care
O Brenda tell me now, that like Gem
You remember Julian and Derrick there
A rose that now has fallen from its stem
And the voice, the voice I loved to hear.
Each sunset calls this memory to shine
And stir my soul his promise to keep
That we shall worship so with the Divine
When mother your rise with us from sleep
Like a trumpet his voice shall break the earth
And life will come to flesh old crumbled dust
The heaven shall resound with ransomed mirth
And we shall be delivered because we trust
To this bright hope my bondage spirit flies
For the years you are gone and sorrow comes
To share again the old bonds and family ties
And hear sing sweet songs that now love hums
To this bright hope my zeal will soon retire
In the kingdom where no one will sever
And we shall become more that we could desire
And love with love will reign in praise forever.
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