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Happy, for ever happy be,
Whose heart is purged from sin;
His life is from reproaches free,
His conscience all serene.
Remote from anger, noise and strife,
Submissive and resigned;
He leads a holy peaceful life,
Is loved of all mankind.
With tender pity for the poor,
He hears their plaintive cries;
And out of his increasing store,
Their urgent want supplies.
Not wilfully would he offend,
or do his neighbour wrong,
Either with an oppressive hand,
Or with a slandering tongue.
For, and unwavering is his faith,
Unfeigned his acts of love;
Nor do his footsteps from the path
Of piety remove.
In sickness God will soothe his grief,
And be his constant friend;
At death will yield him kind relief,
And crown his journey’s end.
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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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| 1818 | # 176 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HOWARD
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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1825
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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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| # 25 | Ab | | # 172 | G |
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