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Hymn: Bless'd be thy name forever (FL)

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 thy name forever

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: 7s and 8s

Tune: Evesham

Hymn Number: Song 121 (part I)

Page Number: 195 (part I), click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

BLESS'D be thy name forever,

Thou of life the guard and giver;

Thou dost guard thy children sleeping,

Ever safe while in thy keeping.



We have seen thy wondrous might

Through the shadows of the night;

Thou who slumb'rest not, nor sleepest,

Bless'd are they thou kindly keepest.



God of ev'ning's yellow ray,

God of yonder dawning day,

That rises from the distant sea,

Like breathings of eternity.



Thine the flaming orbs of light;

Thine the darkness of the night;

Thine are all the gems of even-

God of angels, God of heaven.



Thou of life the fountain art,

Dwell forever in my heart;

God of life that fade shall never,

Glory to thy name forever.