Rejoice in the Lord ‎#455

455. Christ, of All My Hopes the Ground

1 Christ, of all my hopes the ground,
Christ, the spring of all my joy,
still in you may I be found,
still for theemy powers employ

2 Let thy love my heart inflame;
keep your fear before my sight;
be thy praise my highest aim;
Be thy smile my chief delight.

3 Fountain of o'erflowing grace,
freely from thy fullness give;
till I close my earthly race,
may I prove it Christ to live.

4 Firmly trusting in thy blood,
nothing shall my heart confound;
safely I shall pass the flood,
safely reach Immanuel's ground.

5 Thus, O thus, an entrance give
to the land of cloudless sky;
having known it Christ to live,
let me know it gain to die.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ, of all my hopes the ground
• Title: Christ, of All My Hopes the Ground
• Author: Ralph Wardlaw (1817)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  Philippians 1:21
• Topic: Faith and Aspiration; Jesus Christ: Grace

Tune Information

• Name: SONG 13
• Composer (melody and bass): Orlando Gibbons (1623; alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: E♭ Major