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Far Away in the Depths of My Spirit
Verse 1
Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight,
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.
Refrain
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
Coming down from the Father above;
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.
Verse 2
What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,
Buried deep in the innermost soul,
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll!
Buried deep in the innermost soul,
So secure that no power can mine it away,
While the years of eternity roll!
Verse 3
I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
I am kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul!
I am kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul!
Verse 4
I believe when I rise to that city of peace,
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing,
In that heavenly kingdom will be —
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing,
In that heavenly kingdom will be —
Verse 5
Weary soul, without gladness or comfort or rest,
Passing down the rough pathway of time!
Make the Saviour your Friend ere the shadows grow dark;
O accept of this peace so sublime.
Passing down the rough pathway of time!
Make the Saviour your Friend ere the shadows grow dark;
O accept of this peace so sublime.
W. D. Cornell authored 'Far Away in the Depths of My Spirit' (often titled 'Wonderful Peace'), a beloved 19th-century American gospel hymn on divine peace rolling like a melody over the soul.