The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#674

674. Happy the heart where graces reign

1 Happy the heart where graces reign,
Where love inspires the breast:
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Knowledge alas! 'tis all in vain,
And all in vain our fear;
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,
If love be absent there.

3 This is the grace that lives and sings
When faith and hope shall cease;
'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings
In the sweet realms of bliss.

4 Before we quite forsake our clay,
Or leave this dark abode,
The wings of love bear us away,
To see our smiling God.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the heart where graces reign
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Faith, Hope, and Charity

Tune Information

• Name: VALENTIA
• Composer: George Kingsley
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #889, 596, or 446.