009 Echoes of the Hymns
Our time is but a moment here
Our lives are just a breath
How suddenly we disappear
When time it is for death
(alt. When time it is to rest)
But hear the echoes of the hymns
The songs of the saints of old
Who learned to put their trust in Him
Whose promises shall hold
They sang of Jordan’s river
And trusted God alone
To faithfully deliver
And safely bring them home
They sang of weeping in the night
But trusted all along
That soon He’d bring the morning light
And joy would fill their songs
They built their very lives on
The Rock, and not the sand
(alt. The Rock on which we stand)
They sang the songs of Zion
In a foreign land
They sang of everlasting rest
And crowns thrown at His feet
The martyrs of the faith are blest
The faith that we must keep
Here in the land of evening
They welcomed dawning grace
And fixed their hope on seeing
The light of Jesus’ face
They fixed their hope on seeing
The light of Jesus’ face
Supporting Verses
“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath.
Selah.
Psalm 39:5 (NASB95)
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 30:5 (ESV)
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:2-3 (NASB95)
Matthew 7:24-27
For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
How can we sing the LORD’S song
In a foreign land?
Psalm 137:3-4
Supporting Hymns
The Church’s One Foundation:
“And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song”
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less:
“On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand”
Faith of Our Fathers:
“Faith of the martyrs, who though bound,
were still in heart and conscience true.
How blest would be their children’s fate,
if they, like them, should live for You!
Faith of the martyrs, holy faith,
We will be true to Thee till death.”
Crossing the Jordan:
He Leadeth Me
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
Songs of Zion:
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Everlasting Rest:
For All the Saints
Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear
The Church’s One Foundation
Jesus Shall Reign
Casting of Crowns:
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Dawning Grace:
Abide With Me
The Sands of Time Are Sinking
Seeing His Face:
Come Thou Almighty King
The Sands of Time Are Sinking
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
O Word of God Incarnate
The Church’s One Foundation
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Lead on, O King Eternal
Rock of Ages
And many more hymns…
Additional Info
Key: C
Meter: C.M. plus a slightly irregular double
Drafted: Jan. 10, 2025
Published: 1/10/2025