LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts & William Cameron
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: | 1 Pe 3:5
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 517
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 34
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 369
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 139
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 669
| Hymns and Spiritual Songs Vol 1
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| 26
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 182
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MUSIC
| Name: | ABRIDGE
| | Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Isaac Smith
| | Dates: | 1770
|
 Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 583
| Bb
| Living Praise
| 167
| D
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 411
| D
| Believers Hymn Book
| 332
| D
| Believers Hymn Book
| 370
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 600
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 72
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 46
| Eb
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 278
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 536
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 519
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 550
| Eb
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 282
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
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| 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. What though our inbred sins require
Our flesh to see the dust,
Yet as the Lord our Savior rose,
So all his followers must.
4. There’s an inheritance divine
Reserved against that day;
‘Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And cannot fade away.
5. 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.
6. There’s an inheritance divine
Reserved against that day;
‘Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And cannot fade away.
7. 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.
8. **alt verses
9. To an inheritance divine
He taught our hearts to rise;
‘Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
Unfading in the skies.
10. Saints by the power of God are kept,
Till that salvation come:
We walk by faith as strangers here,
But Christ shall call us home.
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