You ask what makes me hap­py,
My heart so free from care;
It is be­cause my Sav­ior
In mer­cy heard my pray­er;
He brought me out of dark­ness,
And now the light I see;
O bless­èd, lov­ing Sav­ior!
To Him the praise shall be.

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I will shout His praise in glo­ry,
And we’ll all sing hal­le­lu­jah
In Hea­ven by and by;
I will shout His praise in glo­ry,
And we’ll all sing hal­le­lu­jah
In Hea­ven by and by.

I was a friend­less wan­der­er,
Till Je­sus took me in,
My life was full of sor­row,
My heart was full of sin;
But when the blood, so pre­cious,
Spoke par­don to my soul,
O bliss­ful, bliss­ful mo­ment!
’Twas joy be­yond con­trol.

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I wish that ev­ery sin­ner
Before His throne would bow;
He waits to give them wel­come,
He longs to bless them now;
If they but knew the rap­ture
That in His love I see,
They’d come and shout sal­va­tion,
And sing His praise with me.

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I mean to live for Je­sus
While here on earth I stay,
And when His voice shall call me
To realms of end­less day,
As one by one we ga­ther,
Rejoicing on the shore,
We’ll shout His praise in glo­ry,
And sing for­ev­er­more.

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