Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Blest are the humble souls who see
Topic: Penitential
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 27
Page Number: 025, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBlest are the humble souls who see
Their emptiness and poverty;
Treasures of grace to them are given,
And crowns of joy laid up in Heaven.
Blest are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart;
The blood of Christ divinely flows,
A healing balm for all their woes.
Blest are the meek, who stand afar
From rage and passion, noise and war,
God will secure their happy state,
And plead their cause against the great.
Blest are the souls who thirst for grace,
Hunger and long for righteousness;
They shall be well supplied and fed,
With living streams and living bread.
Blest are the men whose bowels move,
And melt with sympathy and love;
From Christ the Lord, they shall obtain
Like sympathy and love again.
Blest are the pure, who hears are clean,
From the defiling power of sin;
With endless pleasure they shall see
A God of spotless purity.
Blest are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife;
They shall be called the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.
Blest are the sufferers who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord;
Glory and joy are their reward.