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374 | Church Book#375 | 376 |
Text: | The man is ever blest |
Author: | Watts |
Tune: | ST. MICHAEL |
1 The man is ever blest,
Who shuns the sinner's ways;
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place:
2 But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Amid the labors of the day,
And watches of the night.
3 He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root;
Fresh as the leaf, his name shall live;
His works are heavenly fruit.
4 Not so the ungodly race,
They no such blessings find;
Their hopes shall flee, like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
5 How will they bear to stand
Before that judgment-seat,
Where all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet?
6 He knows and He approves,
The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overthrow.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The man is ever blest |
Author: | Watts (1719) |
Meter: | S. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Order of Salvation: Peace and Joy; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity; Twentieth Sunday after Trinity |
Notes: | Alternate tune: #102 or #329 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. MICHAEL |
Meter: | S. M. |
Key: | A Major |
Notes: | Source from index: Day's Psalter, 1588? |