Bliss beyond compare

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1 Bliss beyond compare,
which in Christ I share!
He’s my only joy and treasure;
tasteless is all worldly pleasure,
when in Christ I share
bliss beyond compare.

2 Jesus is my joy,
therefore blessed am I;
O his mercy is unbounded,
all my hope on him is grounded;
Jesus is my joy,
therefore blessed am I.

3 When the Lord appears,
this my spirit cheers;
when, his love to me revealing
he, the Sun of grace, with healing
in his beams appears,
this my spirit cheers.

4 Then all grief is drowned;
pure delight is found,
joy and peace in his salvation,
heav'nly bliss and consolation.
Ev'ry grief is drowned
where such bliss is found.


Source: Moravian Book of Worship #594

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Author: Gottfried Arnold

Arnold, Gottfried, son of Gottfried Arnold, sixth master of the Town School of Annaberg in the Saxon Harz, born at Annaberg Sept. 5, 1666. His life was varied and eventful, and although much of it had little to do with hymnody from an English point of view, yet his position in German Hymnology is such as to necessitate an extended notice, which, through pressure of space, must be (typographically) compressed. After passing through the Town School and the Gymnasium at Gera, he matriculated in 1685 at the University of Wittenberg—where he found the strictest Lutheran orthodoxy in doctrine combined with the loosest of living. Preserved by his enthusiasm for study from the grosser vices of his fellows, turning to contemplate the lives of t… Go to person page >

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First Line: Bliss beyond compare
Author: Gottfried Arnold
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #319

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #319

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d78

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d78
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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #366

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #366
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A Hymn and Prayer-Book #117

A Hymn and Prayer-Book #117
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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #370

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #370
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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #506

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #506
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Hymns Arranged for the Communion Service of the Church of the United Brethren #22c

Hymns Arranged for the Communion Service of the Church of the United Brethren #22c
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Moravian Book of Worship #594

Moravian Book of Worship #594
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Offices of Worship and Hymns #534

Offices of Worship and Hymns #534

The Bible Hymn Book #d26

The Bible Hymn Book #d26
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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #404

The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #404
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The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #534

The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #534
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