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O happy souls, who pray, Where God appoints to hear

O happy souls, who pray, Where God appoints to hear

Author: William W. Phelps
Published in 15 hymnals

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1 O happy souls who pray
Where God appoints to hear I
O happy saints who pay
Their constant service there!

We praise him still;
And happy we;
We love the way
To Zion’s hill.

2 No burning heats by day,
Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take our health away,
If God be with us there:

He is our sun,
And he our shade,
To guard the head
By night or noon.

3 God is the only Lord,
Our shield and our defence;
With gifts his hand is stor’d:
We draw our blessings thence.

He will bestow
On Jacob’s race,
Peculiar grace,
And glory too.

Source: A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints #8

Author: William W. Phelps

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First Line: O happy souls, who pray, Where God appoints to hear
Author: William W. Phelps
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #5

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints #8

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. 25th ed. #d198

Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 23rd ed. #aad36

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d347

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The Choir #201b

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The Choir #204b

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The Choir #208

The Latter-Day Saint's Psalmody. lst ed. #d36

The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 2nd ed. #ad36

The Latter-Day Saints' Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aad36

The Modern Psalmist #d221

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