Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O how divine how sweet the joy
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Needham
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 358
Page Number: 222, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO how divine, how sweet the joy,
When but one sinner turns.
And, with a jumble, broken heart,
His sins and errors mourns!
Pleased with the news, the saints below,
In songs their tongues employ;
Beyond the skies the tiding go,
And heav'n is fill'd with joy.
Well pleas'd the Father sees, and hears
The conscious sinner's moan:
Jesus receives him in his arms,
And claims him for his own.
Nor angels can their joy contain,
But kindle with new fire;
"The sinner lost is found," they sing,
And strike the sounding lyre.