A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship ‎#238

238. Happy in the Salvation of God

1 Indulgent God! to Thee I raise
My spirit fraught with joy and praise:
Grateful I bow before thy throne,
My debt of mercy there to own.

2 Rivers descending, Lord! from Thee
Perpetual glide to solace me:
Their varied virtues to rehearse,
Demands an everlasting verse.

3 And yet there is, beyond the rest,
One stream--the widest and the best--
Salvation! Lo, the purple flood
Rolls rich with my Redeemer's blood.

4 I taste--delight succeeds to wo;
I bathe--no waters cleanse me so:
Such joy and purity to share,
I would remain enraptur'd there.

5 Till death shall give this soul to know
The fulness sought in vain below;--
The fulness of that boundless sea
Whence flow'd the river down to me.

6 My soul--with such a scene in view--
Bids mortals' joys a glad adieu;
Nor dreads a few chastizing woes
Sent with such love--so soon to close.

Text Information

• First Line: Indulgent God! to Thee I raise
• Title: Happy in the Salvation of God
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1845
• Scripture:
  Psalm 46:4
• Topic: The Christian: His Conversion
• Notes: Public Domain.

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