Hail That Blissful Day Approaching

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Hail that blissful day approaching

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: ST. RAPHAEL (Hopkins)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Hail that blissful day approaching,
When the sacred Word shall spread
To the earth’s remotest regions,
And to life restore the dead:
When all nations
Shall acknowledge Christ their head.

2 Precious Bible, what a treasure
Is within thy pages stored,
Sacred promises and precepts,
Doctrines worthy of the Lord;
Streams of mercy
Flowing wide and far abroad.

3 By their influence, the desert
Shall become a fertile plain,
Buds and blossoms spread their beauties,
Concord there begin its reign:
Precious Bible,
May it still new conquests gain.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15822

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hail that blissful day approaching
Title:	Hail That Blissful Day Approaching
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.7.8.7.4.7
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	Latin
Copyright:	Public Domain