A Selection of Psalms and Hymns ‎#LVI

LVI. A Joyful Course

1 Assist us, LORD, thy name to praise
For the rich gospel of thy grace;
And, that our hearts may love it more,
Teach them to feel its vital power.

2 With joy may we our course pursue,
And keep the crown of life in view;
That crown, which in one hour repays
The labour of ten thousand days.

3 Should bonds of death obstruct our way,
Unmov'd their terrors we'll survey;
And the last hour improve for thee,
The last of life, or liberty.

4 Welcome those bonds, which may unite
Our souls to their supreme delight!
Welcome that death whose painful strife
Bears us to CHRIST our better life!

Text Information

• First Line: Assist us, LORD, thy name to praise
• Title: A Joyful Course
• Author: Doddridge
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: Before Sermon

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