Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Be of good cheer you friends of Jesus
Topic: Christ/Second Advent
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: Henry Work
Meter: 9s and 8s double
Tune: A Thousand Years
Hymn Number: 748
Page Number: 296, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBE of good cheer, you friends of Jesus,
Never give way to doubts and fears;
Cherish the great and precious promise,
To reign with Christ a thousand years!
To reign a thousand years with Jesus,
Free from all trials, toils, and tears;
This is the Father's precious promise,
To reign with Christ a thousand years!
Be of good cheer, earth's night of sorrow
Shortly will close, with all its fears;
Then shall arise the glorious morrow,
The reign with Christ a thousand years!
To reign a thousand years with Jesus
More than requites for all our tears;
This is the sure and gracious promise,
To reign with Christ a thousand years!
Be of good cheer; time's painful conflicts
All will be done when Christ appears;
Then will begin the glorious era,
The reign with Christ a thousand years!
To reign a thousand years with Jesus,
Far from the tempter's lures and snares;
With the redeemed of every nation,
To reign with Christ a thousand years!
Be of good cheer; ten thousand ages,
Perfect in bliss, and free from tears,
Soon will begin their glorious cycle,
Reigning with Christ a thousand years!
Ten thousand times ten thousand ages,
Freedom from sin, and death, and tears,
What an eternal weight of glory
Comes with that reign of a thousand years!