Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#424

424. Blest be the everlasting God

1 Blest be the everlasting God,
the Father of our Lord!
Be his abounding mercy praised,
his majesty adored!

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
and called him to the sky,
he gave our souls a lively hope
that they should never die.

3 To an inheritance divine
he taught our hearts to rise;
'tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
unfading in the skies.

4 Saints by the power of God are kept,
till the salvation come:
we walk by faith as strangers here;
but Christ shall call us home.

Text Information

• First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 1:3-9
• Topic: Christ Risen: Resurrection and Exaltation; The Church Celebrates: Oneness with the Church in Heaven; Eternal Life; Jesus: Resurrection
• Source: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781

Tune Information

• Name: BISHOPTHORPE
• Composer: Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1673-1707)
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Melody and most of bass from Select Portions of the Psalms, c. 1786