Christ My Song - 590
The cross stands firm - The Same for Ever
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Same for Ever.
1. The cross stands firm; no blast of time,
no hurricane of earth's rude clime,
can shake its heavenly steadfastness,
or lessen its high power to bless.
I look and live! (PDF - Midi)
2. The tidings from that tree of love
are still God's message from above,
telling, each hour, of cleansing blood,
and pointing to the upward road.
I hear and live!
3. Still does the Christ his grace reveal,
his well of living joy unseal;
still telling of his love and light,
his meekness, majesty, and might.
I come and live!
4. Still waves life's tree its glorious wealth,
laden with everlasting health;
with fruit and leaf divinely fair,
and immortality still there.
I eat and live!
5. Still from the rock the waters burst
to quench the weary spirit's thirst;
who drinketh once will drink again,
who drinketh shall not drink in vain.
I drink and live!
Horatius Bonar, Hymns of Faith and Hope III, 1878, 20.