Sweet Is The Promise
- Words:
- Charles H. Gabriel
- Music:
- Charles H. Gabriel
Sheet music
- 1Sweet is the promise,"I will not forget thee;“Nothing can molest or turn my soul away;E'en tho' the night be dark within the valley,Just beyond is shining an eternal day.I will not forget(I will not forget thee;) thee or leave thee,(I will never leave thee,)In my hands I'll hold thee,In my arms I'll fold thee,I will not forget(I will not forget thee, forget) thee or leave thee;I am thy Redeemer, I will care for thee.
- 2Trusting the promise,"I will not forget thee.“Onward will I go with songs of joy and love,Tho' earth despise me, tho' my friends forsake me,I shall be remembered in my home above.I will not forget(I will not forget thee;) thee or leave thee,(I will never leave thee,)In my hands I'll hold thee,In my arms I'll fold thee,I will not forget(I will not forget thee, forget) thee or leave thee;I am thy Redeemer, I will care for thee.
- 3When at the golden portals I am standing,All my tribulations, all my sorrows past,How sweet to hear the blessed proclamation,"Enter faithful servant, welcome home at last."I will not forget(I will not forget thee;) thee or leave thee,(I will never leave thee,)In my hands I'll hold thee,In my arms I'll fold thee,I will not forget(I will not forget thee, forget) thee or leave thee;I am thy Redeemer, I will care for thee.
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.