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Sweet Peace, The Gift Of God’s Love
- Words:
- Autor Desconocido
- Music:
- Peter Bilhorn
Sheet music
- 1There comes to my heart one sweet strain, (sweet strain,)A glad and a joyous refrain, (refrain,)I sing it again and again:Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.Peace, peace, sweet peace!Wonderful gift from above! (above!)Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace!Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.
- 2Thru Christ on the cross peace was made; (was made;)My debt by His death was all paid; (all paid;)No other foundation is laidFor peace, the gift of God’s love.Peace, peace, sweet peace!Wonderful gift from above! (above!)Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace!Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.
- 3When Jesus asLord I had crowned, (had crowned,)My heart with this peace did abound, (abound,)In Him the rich blessing I found,Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.Peace, peace, sweet peace!Wonderful gift from above! (above!)Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace!Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.
- 4In Jesus for peace I abide, (I abide,)And as I keep close to His side, (His side,)There’s nothing but peace doth betide,Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.Peace, peace, sweet peace!Wonderful gift from above! (above!)Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace!Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1887, the words are in 234 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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.