Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Lord how secure and blest are they
Topic: The Christian
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 224
Page Number: 249, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, how secure and blest are they,
Who feel the joys of pardon'd sin!
Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea,
Their minds have heaven and peace within.
The day glides sweetly o'er their heads,
Fill'd up with innocence and love;
And soft and silent as the shades,
Their nightly minutes gently move.
Quick as their thoughts their joys come on,
But fly not half so swift away;
Their souls are ever bright as noon,
And calm as summer evenings be.
How oft they look to th' heavenly hills,
Where groves of living pleasures grow;
And longing hopes and cheerful smiles
Sit undisturb'd upon their brow.
They scorn to seek the earth's golden toys,
But spend the day and share the night
In numbering o'er the richer joys,
That heaven prepares for their delight.