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Text:Blest be the everlasting God
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:ABRIDGE
Composer:Isaac Smith, c.1734-1805

454. Blest be the everlasting God

1 Blest be the everlasting God
the Father of our Lord;
be God's abounding mercy praised,
and majesty adored.

2 When God raised Jesus from the dead,
when Christ arose on high,
God gave our souls a lively hope
that we should never die.

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

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

Text Information
First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
Title: Blest be the everlasting God
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Eternal Life; Hope (3 more...)
Source: Scottish Paraphrases
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ABRIDGE
Composer: Isaac Smith, c.1734-1805
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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