Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Blest are the humble souls that see
Topic: Beatitudes
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: J Rink
Meter: LM
Tune: Overberg
Hymn Number: 228
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBLEST are the humble souls that see
Their emptiness and poverty;
Treasures of grace to them are giv'n,
And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n.
Blest are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart;
The blood of Christ divinely flows,
A healing balm for all their woes.
Blest are the souls who thirst for grace,
Hunger and thirst for righteousness;
They should be well supplied and fed
With living streams and living bread.
Blest are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the glowing coals of strife;
They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.