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There Comes to My Heart One Sweet Strain
Verse 1
There comes to my heart one sweet strain,
A glad and a joyous refrain;
I sing it again and again,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
A glad and a joyous refrain;
I sing it again and again,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
Refrain
Peace, peace, sweet peace,
Wonderful gift from above,
Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
Wonderful gift from above,
Oh, wonderful, wonderful peace,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
Verse 2
Through Christ on the cross peace was made,
My debt by His death was all paid;
No other foundation is laid
For peace, the gift of God's love.
My debt by His death was all paid;
No other foundation is laid
For peace, the gift of God's love.
Verse 3
When Jesus as Lord I had crowned,
My heart with this peace did abound,
In Him the rich blessing I found,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
My heart with this peace did abound,
In Him the rich blessing I found,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
Verse 4
In Jesus for peace I abide,
And as I keep close to His side,
There's nothing but peace doth betide,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
And as I keep close to His side,
There's nothing but peace doth betide,
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love.
Peter P. Bilhorn wrote both words and music for 'Sweet Peace, the Gift of God's Love' around 1889, and it became one of the most widely sung American gospel peace hymns of the era.