The Lord Imparted from Above
Author: Eliza R. Snow
Composer: George Careless
Languages (2)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: The Lord Imparted from Above
- Tongan: Folofola mei ʻolunga
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Times and Seasons (1839–1846), Aug 1840.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. The Lord imparted from above The “Word of Wisdom” for our blessing, But shall it unto many prove A gift that is not worth possessing?
2. Have we not been divinely taught To heed its voice, and highly prize it? Then who shall once indulge the thought, It can be better to despise it?
3. Has self-denial grown a task? Or has that word been vainly spoken? Or why, I fain would humbly ask, Why is that word so often broken?
4. O, that the Saints would all regard Each gracious word that God has given, And prize the favor of the Lord Above all things beneath the heaven!
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