Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Bless'd be the everlasting God
Topic: The Christian's Hope Rank Honors and Future Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 323
Page Number: 391, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLESS'D be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty ador'd.
When from the dead he rais'd his son,
And call'd him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
What thought the first man's sin requires
Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet, as the Lord, our Saviour rose,
So all his foll'wers must.
There's an inheritance divine,
Reserv'd against that day;
'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'd,
And cannot fade away!
Saints by the pow'r of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall take us home.