Scripture Verse

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 11:27

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Gems of Song, ed­it­ed by Ira San­key & Hu­bert P. Main (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1901), num­ber 42.

Music: Ira D. San­key (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

Precious bless­ings we receive,
When on Je­sus we be­lieve,
And are walk­ing in the Spir­it day by day;
When His Word is our de­light,
And our path is grow­ing bright,
While by faith we learn to trust Him and ob­ey.

Refrain

O praise the Lord, for He is good,
O praise the Lord, our God above;
For He keeps us ev­ery hour,
And up­holds us by His pow­er,
While we dwell with­in the sun­shine of His love.

Precious bless­ings that des­cend,
When be­fore His throne we bend,
And the glo­ry cloud is rest­ing o’er us there;
Every heart with joy is filled,
Every wave of sor­row stilled,
While we feel the hal­lowed bliss of an­swered pray­er.

Refrain

When the world is ov­er­come,
And its bat­tles fought and won,
When we see our Lord and Sav­ior in the sky;
How our hearts will ov­er­flow,
While the rap­ture we shall know,
When we meet Him in His king­dom by and by.

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