96. O How Happy are They

1 O how happy are they,
Who the Savior obey,
And have laid up their treasures above!
Tongue can never express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love.
That sweet comfort was mine,
When the favor divine
I secured in the blood of the Lamb;
What a joy I received
When my heart first believed!
What a heaven in Jesus’ dear name!

Chorus:
I sought for rest at Jesus' feet,
In Him I found my joy complete!
To me no good thing He denies;
My soul He satisfies!

2 ’Twas a heaven below
My Redeemer to know,
And the angels could do nothing more
Than to fall at His feet,
And the story repeat,
And the Lover of sinners adore.
Jesus all the day long
Was my joy and my song:
O that all His salvation might see!
"He hath loved me," I cried,
"He hath suffered and died,
To redeem even rebels like me."

3 O the rapturous height
Of that holy delight
Which I felt in the life-giving blood!
Of my Savior possessed,
I was perfectly blessed,
As if filled with the fullness of God.
O how happy are they,
Who the Savior obey,
And have laid up their treasures above!
Tongue can never express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love.

Text Information
First Line: O how happy are they
Title: O How Happy are They
Author: Charles Wesley
Refrain First Line: I sought for rest at Jesus' feet
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: Joy
Copyright: Copyright, 1920, by Homer A. Rodeheaver. International Copyright Secured.
Tune Information
Name: [O how happy are they]
Incipit: 32166 53511 23551
Key: A Major
Source: From an old song
Copyright: Copyright, 1920, by Homer A. Rodeheaver. International Copyright Secured.
Notes: with changes



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