Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Be of good cheer ye friends of Jesus
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: Henry Work
Meter: 9s and 8s double
Tune: The Thousand Years
Hymn Number: 696
Page Number: 294, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBE of good cheer, ye friends of Jesus;
Never succumb to doubts and fears;
Cherish the great and precious promise,
"To reign with Christ a thousand years."
To reign a thousand years with Jesus,
Free from all trials, toils and tears-
This is the Father's precious promise,
"To reign with Christ a thousand years."
Be of good cheer: earth's night of sorrow
Shortly will close, with all its fears;
Then shall arise the glorious morrow,
The reign with Christ a thousand years.
To reign a thousand years with Jesus
More than requites for all our tears;
This is the sure and gracious promise,
"To reign with Christ a thousand years."
Be of good cheer: time's painful conflicts
All will be done when Christ appears;
Then will begin the glorious era,
The reign with Christ a thousand years.
To reign a thousand years with Jesus,
Far from the tempter's lures and snares,
With the redeemed of every nation
Reigning with Christ a thousand years.
Be of good cheer: ten thousand ages
Perfect in bliss and free from tears,
Soon will begin their endless cycle,
Reigning with Christ a thousand years.
Ten thousand times ten thousand ages,
Freedom from sin and death and tears-
What an "eternal weight of glory"
Comes with that reign of a thousand years!