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Christ in Song 283

How Happy Are They!

Words: Charles WesleyMusic: ArrangedTune: ComplurS. M.

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1How happy are they who their Savior obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue cannot express the sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love.

2That comfort was mine when the favor divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed, what a joy I received, What a heaven in Jesus's name!

3O the rapturous height of that holy delight Which I felt in the life-giving blood! Of my Savior possessed, I was perfectly blessed, As if filled with the fullness of God.

4'Twas a heaven below my Redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more, Than to fall at his feet, and the story repeat, And the lover of sinners adore.

Meter
S. M.
Scripture
John 3:16

The verse

Meter
40 · the hymnal prints S. M.
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 30% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

How happy are they who their Savior obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue cannot express the sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love.//˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/40A

Verse 2

That comfort was mine when the favor divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed, what a joy I received, What a heaven in Jesus's name!˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/41A

Verse 3

O the rapturous height of that holy delight Which I felt in the life-giving blood! Of my Savior possessed, I was perfectly blessed, As if filled with the fullness of God.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘????/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/43A

Verse 4

'Twas a heaven below my Redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more, Than to fall at his feet, and the story repeat, And the lover of sinners adore./˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/42A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.