The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10391

10391. Happy The Heart Where Graces Reign

1 Happy the heart where graces reign,
Where love inspires the breast;
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Knowledge, alas! ’tis all in vain,
And all in vain our fear;
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,
If love be absent there.

3 ’Tis love that makes our cheerful feet
In swift obedience move;
The devils know and tremble, too,
But Satan cannot love.

4 This is the grace that lives and sings
When faith and hope shall cease;
’Tis this shall strike our joyful strings
In the sweet realms of bliss.

5 Before we quite forsake our clay,
Or leave this dark abode,
The wings of love bear us away
To see our smiling God.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the heart where graces reign
• Title: Happy The Heart Where Graces Reign
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707-09, Book II
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternative tunes: BROADMAN attributed to Chrles Jeffreys or to L. Devereux; BROWN by William B. Bradbury

Tune Information

• Name: WILTSHIRE
• Composer: George Thomas Smart (1795)
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain