Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Bless'd be the everlasting God
Topic: The Christian Hope
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Twenty-fourth
Hymn Number: Song 38 (part I)
Page Number: 112 (part I), 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 raised his Son,
And call'd 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 follow'rs must.
There's an inheritance divine,
Reserv'd against that day;
'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'd,
And cannot fade away!
Saints by the power of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall take us home.