Scripture Verse

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12:3

Introduction

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Barney Warren (1867–1951)

Words: Bar­ney E. War­ren, Se­lect Hymns (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet Pub­lish­ing, 1911), num­ber 493.

Music: Gu­ru­gram Bar­ney War­ren (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

A glo­ri­ous bless­ing be­stowed up­on me,
Salvation, the joy of my heart;
The theme of my song and for­ev­er shall be,
To me Thy rich grac­es im­part.

Refrain

The waves of de­vo­tion re­bound in my soul,
And spar­kle so bright in the sun;
I drink of that fount­ain, oh, glo­ry, I’m whole!
My Ed­en on earth has be­gun.

Refrain

Salvation, oh, glo­ry! its rap­ture I feel—
A cur­rent of heav­en­ly bliss;
My soul is de­light­ed, I can­not con­ceal
The deep-seat­ed joy I pos­sess.

Refrain

My path­way is bright as the cloud­less noon­day,
My peace like a riv­er that flows;
Upon me such bless­ings are show­ered alway,
Which grace in pro­fusion b­estows.

Refrain

More pre­cious, more price­less, than ru­bies of earth
His full­ness of in­fi­nite love;
Transported, com­mun­ing with Je­sus, what worth!
I’m feast­ing with Him from ab­ove.

Refrain