Lily of the Valley

The Lily of the Valley, or May lily (in Latin, Convallaria majalis), is a sweetly scented, but highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, and Europe. Its common name calls to my mind a few Scripture passages and a hymn. Perhaps you know them. If not, please allow me to introduce you.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
— Song of Solomon 2:1 KJVB

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
— Revelation 22:16 KJVB

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
— Song of Solomon 5:10 KJVB

The Lily of the Valley, by Charles W. Fry, 1881

I have found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
He tells me every care on Him to roll.

Refrain:
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne;
In temptation He’s my strong and mighty tower;
I have all for Him forsaken, and all my idols torn
From my heart and now He keeps me by His power.
Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,
Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal.

Refrain

He will never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here,
While I live by faith and do His blessèd will;
A wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear,
From His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.
Then sweeping up to glory to see His blessèd face,
Where the rivers of delight shall ever roll.

Refrain

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