Blessed Are They That Are Persecuted

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Blessed are they that for His sake

Author: George Cooper
Tune: [Blessed are they that for His sake]
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1 Blessèd are they that for His sake
Are persecuted and reviled;
Our Savior’s love a Heav’n can make,
When storms of earth are fierce and wild.
O, thoughts of Him who bore the cross,
Should teach our hearts to bear with joy
Their burdens, tho’ in pain and loss,
Whatever ills of earth annoy!
Whatever ills of earth annoy!
Blessèd are they! Blessèd are they!

2 Blessèd are they that for His sake
Are persecuted and reviled;
May nothing here our courage shake,
While on we bear His yoke so mild.
O, still be faithful to the last,
Untempted e’en amid despair!
Tho’, round the faithful, snares are cast,
Theirs is Heav’n’s kingdom, bright and fair.
Theirs is Heav’n’s kingdom, bright and fair.
Blessèd are they! Blessèd are they!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #11544

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Author: George Cooper

George Cooper, poet, was born in the city of New York, May 14, 1840 son of John and Hepzibah Cooper, He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and afterwards studied law under the late Chester A. Arthur. After practicing for a short time, he renounced his profession to devote himself to the vocation to which his natural gifts inclined him. In his early years, he had developed a taste for writing, and before his sixteenth year had begun to contribute acceptable verses to several leading magazines. Encouraged by the success that met his early productions, he wrote constantly, and became a regular contributor to such periodicals as “The Independent,” “Harpers’ Young People,” and “Harper’s Magazine,” “Atlantic… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Blessed are they that for His sake
Title:	Blessed Are They That Are Persecuted
Author:	George Cooper
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8
Source:	The Chaplet of Original Hymns and Songs (Boston: G. D. Russell, 1873)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain