1)
SOFT AS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL,
BREATHING A LASSON UNHEARD,
HOPE WITH A GENTLE PERSUASION,
WHISPERS HER COMFORTING WORD;
WAIT TILL THE DARKNESS IS OVER,
WAIT TILL LIFE'S TEMPEST IS DONE,
HOPE FOR THE SUNSHINE TOMORROW,
AFTER THE SHOWER IS GONE.
2)
IF IN THE DARK OF THE TWILIGHT,
DIMBE THE REGION AFAR,
WILL NOT THE DEEPENING DARKNESS
BRIGHTEN THE GLIMMERING STAR?
THEN WHEN THE NIGHT IS UPON US,
WHY SHOULD THE HEART SINK AWAY?
WHEN THE DARK MIDNIGHT IS OVER,
WATCH FOR THE BREAKING OF DAY.
3)
HOPE AS AN ANCHOR SO STEADFAST,
RENDS THE DARK VEIL FOR THE SOUL,
WHITHER THE MASTER HAS ENTERED,
ROBBING THE GRAVE OF ITS GOAL;
COME,THEN, O COME GLAD FRUITION,
COME TO MY SAD WEARY HEART,
COME, O THOU BLEST HOPE OF GLORY
NEVER, O NEVER DEPART.
CHORUS)
WHIS----------PERING HOPE,
WHISPERING HOPE, WHISPERING HOPE,
O HOW WEL COME THY VOICE;
WELCOME THY VOICE, O HOWWELCOME THY VOICE;
MAK------------ING MY HEART
MAKING MY HEART, MAKING MY HEART
IN ITS SORROW REJOICE.
IN ITS SORROW REJOICE.