Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
Topic: Adoration of God
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Ralph Harrison
Meter: CM
Tune: Peterboro
Hymn Number: 62
Page Number: 028, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLEST be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be His abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty adored.
When from the dead He raised is Son,
And called 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;
They as the Lord, our Saviour, rose,
So all His foll'wers must.
There's an inheritance divine,
Reserv'd against that day;
'Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And can not fade away!
Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation comes;
We walk by faith as strangers here
Till Christ shall take us home.