The Voice Says, “Cry!” (EN 2318)

EN 2318 The Voice Says, “Cry!”

Isa.40.6

Versi Version 1

1

The voice says, “Cry!” What shall we cry?

“All flesh is grass, and like the flower

Its glories droop, its pleasures die,

Its joys but last one fleeting hour.”

2

The voice says, “Cry!” O piteous cry!

And are there none to help and save?

Have all that live beneath the sky

No other prospect but a grave?

3

The voice says, “Cry!” Yet glorious cry!

The Word of God can never fall,

And tells how Jesus, throned on high,

Holds out eternal life to all.

4

The voice says, “Cry!” Who needs the cry?

O brother men! who needs it not?

By countless millions, far and nigh,

’Tis still unheard, despised, forgot.

5

The voice says, “Cry!” What stops the cry?

Our greed of wealth, our love of ease,

Our lack of earnest will to try

Mankind to save, and God to please.

6

The voice says, “Cry!” O let us cry!

Though standing on death’s awful brink,

Men feast, they jest, they sell, they buy,

And cannot see, and will not think.

7

The voice says, “Cry!” Lord, we would cry

But of Thy goodness teach us how;

For fast the hours of mercy fly,

And, if we cry, it must be now!

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