The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2564

2564. How Blest Was That Life

1. How blest was that life once lived upon earth,
The life of the Savior of men!
What joy was their part who learned at His feet,
Who loved and who worshipped Him then!

Refrain
I know that He liveth, Redeemer and friend,
To bless and to comfort our way;
I know the glad song of the heavenly throng—
He liveth, He liveth today!

2. The friend of our need, the hope of the world,
Abides with us still as of old;
When wandering far in sorrow and sin,
He leadeth us home to the fold. [Refrain]

3. O Lord of the sea, who once walked abroad
On treacherous waves of the tide,
We know that Thy strong and pitying arms,
Our wavering footsteps still guide. [Refrain]

4. Thou art not afar, in regions unknown:
Our faith reacheth up unto Thee;
And still, through the mists of ages long past,
The Savior of sinners doth see. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: How blest was that life once lived upon earth
• Title: How Blest Was That Life
• Author: Anonymous (before 1901)
• Refrain First Line: I know that He liveth, Redeemer and friend
• Language: English
• Source: The School Hymnal (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1900), number 61
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [How blest was that life once lived upon earth]
• Composer: Anonymous (before 1901)
• Incipit: 55651 11765 55671
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: The School Hymnal (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1900), number 61
• Copyright: Public Domain