Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) ‎#473

473. Happy are they, they who love God

1 Happy are they, they that love God,
whose hearts have Christ confessed;
who by his cross have found their life,
beneath his yoke, their rest.

2 Glad is the praise, sweet are the songs,
when they together sing;
and strong the prayers that bow the ear
of heaven’s eternal king.

3 Christ gives their homes pleasure and peace
and makes their loves his own;
but O what weeds the evil one
has in God's garden sown!

4 Sad were our lot, evil this earth
did not its sorrows prove
the path by which the sheep may find
the fold of Jesus’ love.

5 Then shall they know, they that love him,
how good shall come from pain;
and death itself cannot unbind
their happiness again.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy are they, they who love God
• Author: C. Coffin (1676-1749)
• Adapter: R. Bridges (1844-1930)
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 (CM)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1987
• Topic: God's Church: Love and Devotion; Epiphany 6, Revelation: Parables; Pentecost 5: The New Law; Pentecost 7: The More Excellent Way; Pentecost 14: The Family

Tune Information

• Name: BINCHESTER
• Composer: W. Croft (1678-1727)
• Meter: 8 6 8 6 (CM)
• Key: G Major