Oft I Read With Sweet Delight

Oft I read with sweet delight

Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter
Tune: [Oft I read with sweet delight]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Oft I read with sweet delight
Of a home forever bright,
Where the ransom’d ones with joy their Lord behold;
All his glory they may share,
Crowns of shining beauty wear,
But we know the half has never yet been told.

Refrain:
O the half has not been told,
O the half has not beet told!
Of that pure and changeless home,
Where no sorrow e’er can come,
O we know the half has never yet been told!

2 Since a life with Christ below
Is a joy so sweet to know,
O what must it be within that “upper fold!”
When these eyes of mine shall see,
What he has “prepared” for me,
I can but exclaim, “the half has not been told.” [Refrain]

3 In his righteousness arrayed,
We shall be no more afraid,
And we never shall be weary or grow old,
O my soul mounts on the wing,
With a carol to the King,
And I know the half has never yet been told. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of the Gospel No. 2: for use in religious meetings #50

Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter

Laura Bell Ogilvie Hunter. Married John Madison Hunter. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Oft I read with sweet delight
Title: Oft I Read With Sweet Delight
Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O the half has not been told
Publication Date: 1905
Copyright: Public Domain

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New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 #50

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