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Text:Blest be the everlasting God
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:BURFORD

139. Blest be the everlasting God

1 Blest be the everlasting God,
the Father of our Lord!
Be his abounding mercy praised,
his majesty adored!

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
and called him to the sky,
he gave our souls a lively hope
that they should never die.

3 There's an inheritance divine
reserved against that day;
'tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
and cannot fade away.

4 Saints by the power of God are kept,
till that salvation come:
we walk by faith as strangers here,
till Christ shall call us home.

Text Information
First Line: Blest be the everlasting God
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Easter; Easter III: Year B; Easter V: Year A (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BURFORD
Meter: CM
Key: f♯ minor
Source: J. Chetham's Book of Psalmady, 1718



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