The Cyber Hymnal 718. Happy the souls to Jesus joined

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The Cyber Hymnal‎#718

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Text:	Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined
Author:	Charles Wesley
Tune:	BALLERMA
Adapter:	Robert Simpson
Composer:	François Hippolyte Barthélémon, 1741-1808

1. Happy the souls to Jesus joined,
And saved by grace alone,
Walking in all His ways they find
Their heaven on earth begun.

2. The Church triumphant in Thy love,
Their mighty joys we know;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

3. Thee in Thy glorious realm they praise,
And bow before Thy throne,
We in the kingdom of Thy grace:
The kingdoms are but one.

4. The holy to the holiest leads,
From thence our spirits rise,
And he that in Thy statutes treads
Shall meet Thee in the skies.

Text Information
First Line:	Happy the souls to Jesus joined
Title:	Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined
Author:	Charles Wesley (1748)
Meter:	CM
Source:	Hymns of the Lord's Supper, 1745
Notes:	Alternate Tune: EATINGTON, William Croft

Tune Information
Name:	BALLERMA
Composer:	François Hippolyte Barthélémon, 1741-1808
Adapter:	Robert Simpson
Meter:	CM
Key:	A♭ Major
Source:	Adaptation in A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833