Songs of Zion ‎#13

13. How happy every child of grace

1. How happy every child of grace
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in heaven:
A country far from mortal sight;
Yet, O! By faith I see
The land of rest, the saints’ delight,
The heaven prepared for me.

2. O what a blessed hope is ours!
While here on earth we stay,
We more than taste the heavenly powers,
And antedate that day:
We feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed,
And with his glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled.

3. O would he more of heaven bestow!
And let the vessels break,
And let our ransomed spirits go
To grasp the God we seek:
In rapturous awe on him to gaze
Who bought the sight for me,
And shout and wonder at his grace
Through all eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: How happy every child of grace
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1821

Tune Information

• Name: PILGRIM
• Meter: C. M.
• Incipit: 17532 17567
• Key: a minor