Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: O how divine how sweet the joy
Topic: Baptism
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 114
Page Number: 216, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO HOW divine, how sweet the joy,
When but one sinner turns,
And, with an humble, broken heart,
His sins and errors mourns!
Pleas'd with the news, the saints below,
In songs their tongues employ;
Beyond the skies the tidings 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.