I Sing the Love of God, My Father
"To give unto them beauty for ashes, and oil of joy for mourning. The garment of praises for the spirit of heaviness." - Isa 61:3
VERSE 1
I sing the love of God, my Father,
Whose Spirit abides within;
Who changes all my grief to gladness,
And pardons me all my sin.
Though clouds may lower, dark and dreary.
Yet He has promised to be near;
He gives me sunshine for my shadow,
And "beauty for ashes," here.
CHORUS
He gives me joy... in place of sor-row;
He gives me love... that casts out fear;
He gives me sunshine for my shadow,
And "beauty for ashes," here.
VERSE 2
I sing the love of Christ, my Saviour,
Who suffered upon the tree;
That, in the secret of His presence,
My bondage might freedom be,
He comes "to bind the broken-hearted;"
He comes the fainting soul to cheer;
He gives me "oil of joy" for mourning,
And "beauty for ashes," here.
CHORUS
He gives me joy... in place of sor-row;
He gives me love... that casts out fear;
He gives me sunshine for my shadow,
And "beauty for ashes," here.
VERSE 3
I sing the beauty of the Gospel
That catters not thorns but flowers;
That bids me scatter smiles and sunbeams
Wherever are lonely hours.
The "garment of His praise" it offers
For "heaviness of spirit," drear;
It gives me sunshine for my shadow,
And "beauty for ashes," here.
CHORUS
He gives me joy... in place of sor-row;
He gives me love... that casts out fear;
He gives me sunshine for my shadow,
And "beauty for ashes," here.