There Is A Sea
- Words:
- Lula Klingman Zahn
- Music:
- Lula Klingman Zahn
Sheet music
- 1There is a sea which day by dayReceives the rippling rills,And streams that spring from wells of God,Or fall from cedared hills;(But what it thus receives it gives)But what it thus receives it gives(With glad unsparing hand:)With glad unsparing hand:A stream more wide, with deeper tide,(A stream more wide, with deeper tide,)Flows on to lower land.(Flows on, flows on to lower land.)
- 2There is a sea which day by dayReceives a fuller tide;But all its store it keeps, nor givesTo shore nor sea beside;(It’s Jordan stream, now turned to brine,)It’s Jordan stream, now turned to brine,(Lies heavy as molten lead;)Lies heavy as molten lead;Its dreadful name doth e’er proclaim(Its dreadful name doth e’er proclaim)That sea is waste and dead.(That sea, that sea is waste and dead.)
- 3Which shall it be for you and me,Who God’s good gifts obtain?Shall we accept for self alone,Or take to give again?(For He who once was rich indeed)For He who once was rich indeed(Laid all His glory down;)Laid all His glory down;That by His grace, our ransomed race(That by His grace, our ransomed race)Should share His wealth and crown.(Should share, should share His wealth and crown.)
In the hymnals
- The words are in 24 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.