Pleasures Forevermore

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I lift my thankful song

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [I'll praise God while I live]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I lift my thankful song
To God, my Help and Guide;
To Him my life and way belong;
No evil shall betide.

Refrain:
He will show me the path of life;
In His presence is fulness of joy;
At His right hand there are pleasures,
Are pleasures forevermore;
At His right hand there are pleasures,
There are pleasures forevermore.

2 In Him is life and peace;
I trust His love and might;
He bids the strife and tumult cease,
And makes the darkness light. [Refrain]

3 My heart is glad in Him,
My portion He prepares;
His watchful eye is never dim;
For me, for me He cares. [Refrain]

4 Along the narrow way,
My Saviour goes before;
He leads to realms of endless day,
And pleasures evermore. [Refrain]

Source: Sacred Songs No. 1: compiled and arranged for use in gospel meetings, Sunday schools, prayer meetings and other religious services #46

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Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I lift my thankful song
Title:	Pleasures Forevermore
Author:	Julia H. Johnston
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He will show me the path of life
Copyright:	Public Domain