From Today's Memorial Service

I had not heard this hymn before, but loved the words and the music. I didn't find the music on the web, but did find the lyrics. May you enjoy reading them as we did singing -- and may they bring comfort where needed, for the Comforter is available:

Hymn of Promise

Composer: Natalie Sleeth
Author: Natalie Sleeth
Publisher: Hope Publishing Company
Voicing: Two Parts
Pages: 6
Publish Date: 1986

Lyrics

In the bulb there is a flower;
In the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise:
Butterflies will soon be free!

In the cold and snow of winter,
There's a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see.

There's a song in every silence,
Seeking word and melody;
There's a dawn in every darkness,
bringing hope to you and me.

From the past will come the future;
What it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see.

In our end is our begining;
In our time, infinity.
In our doubt, there is believing;
In our life, eternity.

In our death, a resurrection;
At the last, a victory
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see.