The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7367

7367. When I Can Read My Title Clear

1. When I can read my title clear
to mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
and wipe my weeping eyes.
And wipe my weeping eyes,
and wipe my weeping eyes
I bid farewell to every fear,
and wipe my weeping eyes.

2. Should earth against my soul engage,
and hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
and face a frowning world.
And face a frowning world,
and face a frowning world,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
and face a frowning world.

3. Let cares, like a wild deluge come,
and storms of sorrow fall!
May I but safely reach my home,
my God, my heav’n, my All.
My God, my heaven, my All,
my God, my heave’, my All,
May I but safely reach my home,
my God, my heaven, my All.

4. There shall I bathe my weary soul
in seas of heav’nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll,
across my peaceful breast.
Across my peaceful breast,
across my peaceful breast,
And not a wave of trouble roll,
across my peaceful breast.

Text Information

• First Line: When I can read my title clear
• Title: When I Can Read My Title Clear
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Cowper in his poem titled "Truth" compares the lot of the infidel Voltaire with that of a poor and believing cottager who Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true-- A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew: And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Nutter, p. 231

Tune Information

• Name: PISGAH
• Arranger: Joseph C. Lowry (1817)
• Harmonizer: Aus­tin C. Love­lace
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51112 31666 53511
• Key: G Major
• Source: Scot­tish tune, ar­ranged in The Ken­tucky Har­mo­ny, by An­a­ni­as Da­vis­son, se­cond edi­tion, 1817; har­mo­nized in The Book of Hymns (Nash­ville, Tenn­es­see: The Unit­ed Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1966), num­ber 302
• Copyright: Public Domain