Scripture Verse

My heart rejoices in Your salvation. Psalm 13:5

Introduction

Words: Car­rie E. Breck, 1898. Ap­peared in the Gos­pel Her­ald in Song, ed­it­ed by Will­iam S. Nic­kle, George J. Mey­er & Ow­en F. Pugh (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Mey­er & Bro­ther, 1899), num­ber 182.

Music: Sam­uel Black (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Black (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Carrie E. Breck (1855–1934)

Lyrics

We come, we come with hap­py hearts,
This day to ce­le­brate,
To speak and sing of Him we love,
His mer­cies to re­late.

Refrain

Sing on, sing on, Oh! joy­ful­ly sing,
With mer­ri­est hearts to Je­sus our king;
We’re fol­low­ing on ob­ey­ing His voice,
United and lov­ing, we ev­er re­joice.

We thank Him for the hap­py past,
For love shown us anew;
And if our skies be ov­er­cast,
We’ll trust His love so true.

Refrain

We can­not go be­yond His care,
Whatever be our lot,
And pray­er and praise through­out our days
Shall ne­ver be forgot.

Refrain