Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books ‎#II.XXXVIII

II.XXXVIII. Love to God

1 Happy the heart where graces reign,
Where love inspires the breast:
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain,
And all in vain our fear;
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,
If love be absent there.

3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet
In swift obedience move;
The devils know and tremble too;
Bu Satan cannnot love.

4 This is the grace that lives and sings,
When faith and hope shall cease;
'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings
In the sweet realms of bliss.

5 Before we quite forsake our clay,
Or leave this dark abode,
The wings of love bear us away
To see our smiling God/

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the heart where graces reign
• Title: Love to God
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793

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