Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings

Hymn No. 114 in the LDS Hymnal: "Sweet is the Peace the Gospel Brings"

Text: Mary Ann Morton, 1826-1897
Music: Alfred M. Durham, 1872-1957. (c) 1948 LDS

Tune Name: Cache

Scriptural References:

Psalm 119:165 ...
165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Pslm 119:97-104 ...
97 O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Introduction (full verse) + 3 verses:

Verse 1:
Sweet is the peace the gospel brings
To seeking minds and true.
With light refulgent on its wings
It clears the human view.

Verse 2:
Its laws and precepts are divine
And show a Father's care.
Transcendent love and mercy shine
In each injunction there.

Verse 3.
Faithless tradition flees its pow'r,
And unbelief gives way.
The gloomy clouds, which used to low'r,
Submit to reason's sway.