With Joy, Ye Saints, Direct Your Eyes

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With joy, ye saints, direct your eyes

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: ANGELUS (Joseph)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 With joy, ye saints, direct your eyes,
Up to the world of perfect light;
Thither the happy spirit flies,
And faith and hope are turned to sight.

2 There living waters ever flow,
And floods of purest pleasure roll;
Such as on earth we cannot know,
And fruits celestial feast the soul.

3 The happy saint forgets his cares,
Substantial joys are all his own;
Troubles no more he feels or fears,
For ever seated near the throne.

4 There sits the Savior and unfolds
The mysteries of redeeming grace,
While every humble soul beholds
The dazzling luster of His face.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16279

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	With joy, ye saints, direct your eyes
Title:	With Joy, Ye Saints, Direct Your Eyes
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain