Text: | Happy are they, they that love God |
Author: | Charles Coffin (1676-1749) |
Author: | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) |
Tune: | BINCHESTER |
Composer: | William Croft (1678-1727) |
1 Happy are they, they that love God,
whose hearts have Christ confest,
who by his cross have found their life,
and 'neath his yoke their rest.
2 Glad is the praise, sweet are the songs,
when they together sing;
and strong the prayers that bow the ear
of heaven's eternal King.
3 Christ to their homes giveth his peace,
and makes their loves his own:
but ah, what tares the evil one
hath in his garden sown!
4 Sad were our lot, evil this earth,
did not its sorrows prove
the path whereby the sheep may find
the fold of Jesus' love.
5 Then shall they know, they that love him,
how all their pain is good;
and death itself cannot unbind
their happy brotherhood.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Happy are they, they that love God |
Author: | Charles Coffin (1676-1749) |
Author: | Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Church: nature of; Church: Worship; God: peace of(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BINCHESTER |
Composer: | William Croft (1678-1727) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major |