Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
Topic: Christ/Saviour
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: William Croft
Meter: CM
Tune: St Anns
Hymn Number: 35
Page Number: 014, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLEST be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
When from the dead he raised his Son,
And called him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
What though the first man's sin requires
Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet as the Lord, our Saviour rose,
So all his followers must.
There's an inheritance divine,
Reserved against that day;
'Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And can not fade away.
Saints, by the power of God, are kept
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers her
Till Christ shall take us home.