8309 | The Cyber Hymnal#8310 | 8311 |
Text: | O Happy Soul That Lives On High |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | WINTER |
Composer: | Daniel Read |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 O happy soul that lives on high
While men lie groveling here!
His hopes are fixed above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.
2 His conscience knows no secret stings,
While peace and joy combine
To form a life whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine.
3 He waits in secret on His God,
His God in secret sees;
Let earth be all in arms abroad,
He dwells in heav’nly peace.
4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world and time;
Where neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of sinners climb.
5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne
To raise his figure here;
Content and pleased to live unknown,
Till Christ, his life, appear.
6 He looks to Heav’ns eternal hill
To meet that glorious day;
But patient waits his Savior’s will
To fetch his soul away.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O happy soul that lives on high |
Title: | O Happy Soul That Lives On High |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Sermons, 1721-24 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINTER |
Composer: | Daniel Read (1785) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | The American Singing Book (New Haven, Conn: 1785) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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