LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 6 8 8 6 extended
| Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1756
| Bible Refs: | Mt 24:7-8
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 62
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MUSIC
| Name: | AMERICUS
| | Meter: | 8 8 6 8 8 6 6
| Writer(s): | Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
| Dates: |
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| 1. How happy are the little flock,
Who, safe beneath
their guardian Rock,
In all commotions rest!
When war’s and tumult’s
waves run high,
Removed above the storm they lie,
|: They lodge in Jesus’ breast. :|
2. Such happiness, O Lord, have we,
By mercy gathered into Thee,
Before the floods descend:
And while the bursting
clouds come down,
We mark the vengeful day begun,
|: And calmly wait the end. :|
3. The plague, and dearth,
and din of war,
Our Savior’s swift approach declare,
And bid our hearts arise;
Earth’s basis shook
confirms our hope;
Its cities’ fall but lifts us up,
|: To meet Thee in the skies. :|
4. Thy tokens we with joy confess:
The war proclaims
the Prince of Peace,
The earthquake speaks Thy power,
The famine all Thy fullness brings,
The plague presents Thy healing wings,
|: And nature’s final hour. :|
5. Whatever ills the world befall,
A pledge of endless good we call,
A sign of Jesus near;
His chariot will not long delay,
We hear the rumbling wheels,
and pray,
|: Triumphant Lord, appear! :|
6. Appear with clouds on Zion’s hill,
Thy word and mystery to fulfill,
Thy confessors to approve,
Thy members on Thy throne to place,
And stamp Thy name on every face,
|: In glorious, heavenly love! :|
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