The Christian — Godly Life

By cool Siloam's shady rill

No. 647
Metre C. M.
Tune SILOAM.
Words Reginald Heber.
Music Isaac B. Woodbury.
Key D major
Time 3/4
3 stanzas

Words

By cool Siloam's shady rillHow fair the lily grows!How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,Of Sharon's dewy rose!

Lo, such the child whose early feetThe paths of peace have trod,Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,Is upward drawn to God.

Dependent on thy bounteous breath,We seek thy grace alone,In childhood, manhood, age, and death,To keep us still thine own.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «647» (large), tune name «SILOAM. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ISAAC B. WOODBURY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves: «1. By cool Si - lo - am's shad - y rill How fair the lil - y grows!» under system 1 and «How sweet the breath, be - neath the hill, Of Shar - on's dew - y rose!» under system 2. The reference line «399, 114, 201.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 399, 114 and 201). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Reginald Heber.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «!» («grows !», «rose !»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.