Would You be Happy?

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Would you be happy in Christ your Savior

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [Would you be happy in Christ your Saviour]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Would you be happy in Christ your Saviour?
Keep in the way, keep in the way;
Ever abide in His love and favor,
Trust and obey, trust and obey.

Refrain:
Jesus know show to lead and guide you,
Daily manna He will provide you,
Grace to be faithful He will divide you;
Keep in the way, trust and obey.

2 Would you each day have your burdens lighter?
Keep in the way, keep in the way;
Would you each day find the pathway brighter?
Trust and obey, trust and obey. [Refrain]

3 Long you for love in its full completeness?
Keep in the way, keep in the way;
Long you to know all its pow’r and sweetness?
Trust and obey, trust and obey. [Refrain]

4 Would you at last reach the gates of heaven?
Keep in the way, keep in the way;
Follow the counsels the Lord has given,
Trust and obey, trust and obey. [Refrain]

Source: Praise and Promise: for use in Sunday-schools, prayer meetings, revivals, young people's meetings and on special occasions #80

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Would you be happy in Christ your Savior
Title:	Would You be Happy?
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Refrain First Line:	Jesus know show to lead and guide you
Copyright:	Public Domain