Verse 1

HAPPY are they, they that love God, Whose hearts have Christ confest, Who by His cross have found their life, And ’neath His yoke their rest.

Verse 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.

Verse 3

Christ to their homes giveth His peace, And makes their loves His own; But ah, what tares the evil one Hath in His garden sown.

Verse 4

Sad were our lot, evil this earth, Did not its sorrows prove The path whereby the sheep may find The fold of Jesus’ love.

Verse 5

Then shall they know, they that love Him, How all their pain is good; And death itself cannot unbind Their happy brotherhood.

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