Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: How charming is the place
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 283
Page Number: 266, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow charming is the place,
Where my Redeemer God
Unveils the beauties of his face,
And sheds his love abroad!
Not the fair palaces
To which the great resort,
Are once to be compar'd with this,
Where Jesus holds his court.
Here on the mercy-seat,
With radiant glory crown'd,
Our joyful eyes behold him sit,
And smile on all around.
To him their prayers and cries
Each humble soul presents:
He listens to their broken sighs,
And grants them all they want.
To them his sovereign will
He graciously imparts:
And in return accept with smiles,
The tribute of their hearts.
Give me, O Lord, a place
Within thy blest abode,
Among the children of thy grace,
The servants of my God.