Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Happy beyond description he
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 257
Page Number: 243, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHappy beyond description, he
Who fears the Lord his God;
Who hears his threats with holy awe,
And trembles at his word.
Fear, sacred passion, ever dwells
With its fair partner, love;
Blending their beauties, both proclaim
Their source is from above.
Let terrors fright the unwilling slave
The child with joy appears;
Cheerful he does his Father's will,
And loves as much as fears.
Let fear and love, most holy God!
Possess this soul of mine,
Then shall I worship thee aright,
And taste thy joys divine.