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Happy the man
whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way
that sinners go,
Who hates the place
where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
He loves t’employ
the morning light
Amongst the statutes
of the Lord;
And spends the
wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure,
pondering o’er His Word.
He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;
And Heaven will shine
with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.
But sinners find their
counsels crossed:
As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes
be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet
shakes the skies.
In vain the rebel seeks to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful Judge,
with stern command,
Divides him to a diff’rent place.
“Straight is the way
My saints have trod;
I bless’d the path,
and drew it plain;
But you would choose
the crooked road,
And down it leads
to endless pain.”
---Alternative verses---
Happy the man whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way where sinners go,
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
He loves t’employ his morning light
Amongst the statutes of the Lord;
And spends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure, pondering o’er the Word.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Dates:
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1719
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 1;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| | # 1 | | 1872 | # 1.1 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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ST. SEPULCHRE
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1836,1862
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 150 | D | | # 415 | D | | # 334 | Eb | | # 259 | Eb | | # 245 | Eb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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