Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: How happy is the man
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Meter: 6s 7s and 8s
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Page Number: 443, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW happy is the man,
Who has chosen wisdoms ways
And measur'd out his span
To his God in prayer and praise.
His God and his Bible,
Are all that he desires;
To holiness of heart and
He constantly aspires;
In poverty he's happy,
For he knows he has a friend
Who never will forsake him,
And on whom he can depend.
He rises in the morning,
With the lark he tunes his lays
And offers up a tribute
To his God in prayer and praise;
And then unto his labor
He cheerfully repairs,
In confidence believing
His God will hear his prayers.
Whatever he engages in,
At home or far abroad;
His object is to honor
And to glorify his God.
In sickness pain and sorrow,
He never will repine,
While he is drawing nourishment
From Christ the living vine,
When trouble presses heavily,
He leans on Jesus' breast,
And in his precious promises
He finds a quiet rest.
The yoke of Christ is easy,
The burden always light;
They never make him weary
While Canaan is in sight.
Tis thus you have his history
Through life from day to day
Religion is no mystery,
It is a beaten way;
And when upon his pillow
He lays him down to die,
His soul in hopes rejoices
For he knows his God is nigh.
And when life's lamp is flickering,
His soul on wings of love
Flies away to realms of glory,
To dwell with Christ above.