First Line: I have learnt a heavenly secret,

I have learnt a heavenly secret,
Yet I know not how or where ;
But I know 'tis sweet and precious,
Ever true, and glad, and fair ;
And that God in heaven reveals it
To all whose ears can hear.

2 And I know that ere I learnt it
Oft my way was lone and hard ;
And anon in life's glad music
There was always that which jarred.
And a hidden, dreary discord
That all its sweetness marred.

3 But my harp of life was lifted
By the Lord, who knew the range
Of its many strings who made it,
And He struck a keynote strange :
At the touch of Christ my Master
I heard the music change.

4 Then no more it failed and faltered.
And no longer sobbed and strove ;
But it seemed to soar and mingle
With the song of heaven above ;
For the pierced hand of Jesus
Had struck the keynote----Love.

5 All thy heart's long-prisoned music
Let the Master's hand set free----
Let Him whisper now His secret,
As He whispered once to me :
Child, My love's the golden keynote
Of all My will for thee !