Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: How lovely how divinely sweet
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 284
Page Number: 267, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow lovely, how divinely sweet,
O Lord, thy sacred courts appear;
Fain would my longing passions meet
The glories of thy presence there.
O, blest the men, blest their employ,
Whom thy indulgent favors raise,
To dwell in these abodes of joy,
And sing the never-ceasing praise.
Happy the men whom strength divine,
With ardent love and zeal inspires;
Whose steps to thy blest way incline,
With willing hearts and warm desires.
One day within thy sacred gate,
Affords more real joy to me,
Than thousands in the tents of state;
The meanest place is bliss with thee.
God is a Sun; our brightest day
From his reviving presence flows;
God is a shield, thro' all the way,
To guard us from surrounding foes.
He pours his kindest blessings down,
Profusely down on souls sincere;
And grace shall guide and glory crown
The happy favorites of his care.
O Lord of hosts, thou God of grace,
How blest, divinely blest, is he,
Who trusts thy love and seeks thy face,
And fixes all his hope on thee!