Text: | O People Blest, Whose Sons in Youth |
Tune: | SHORTLE |
Composer: | Charles G. Goodrich |
1 O people blest, whose sons in youth,
in sturdy strength and noble truth,
like plants in vigor spring;
whose daughters fair, a queenly race,
are like the cornerstones that grace
the palace of a king,
the palace of a king.
2 O people blest, when flock and field
their rich, abundant increase yield,
and blessings multiply;
when plenty all thy children share,
and no invading foe is there,
and no distressful cry,
and no distressful cry.
3 O happy people, favored land,
to whom the Lord with lib'ral hand
has thus his goodness shown;
yea, surely is that people blest
by whom Jehovah is confessed
to be their God alone,
to be their God alone.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O people blest, whose sons in youth |
Title: | O People Blest, Whose Sons in Youth |
Meter: | 8.8.6.D.rep. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Church: The Covenant People; Christian Education; Family Worship(3 more...) |
Source: | The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1961 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SHORTLE |
Composer: | Charles G. Goodrich (1905) |
Meter: | 8.8.6.D.rep. |
Key: | C Major |