Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: The man is ever blest
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Hymn Number: Song 363
Page Number: 423, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE man is ever blest,
Who shuns the sinner's ways,
Amidst their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place.
But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Throughout the labors of the day,
And watches of the night.
He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near its root,
Fresh as a leaf his name shall live;
His works are heav'nly fruit.
Not so th' ungodly men;
They no such blessings find;
Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff,
Before the driving wind.
How will they bear to stand
Before the judgment seat,
Where all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet?
He knows and he approves
The way the righteous go,
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overthrow.