Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Bless'd be the everlasting God
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 182
Page Number: 113, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBless'd be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty ador'd.
When from the dead he rais'd his Son,
And call'd him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
What though the first man's sin requires
Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet, as the Lord our Saviour rose,
So all his foll'wers must.
There's an inheritance divine,
Reserv'd against that day;
'T is uncorrupted, undefil'd,
And can not fade away!
Saints by the pow'r of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall take us home.