Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
500 Living Hope
Words: Isaac Watts, 1707
Music: Hugh W. McGraw, 1959
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Blest be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be His abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
Chorus:
When from the dead He raised His Son
And called Him to the sky,
He gave our souls a living hope
That they should never die.
Saints by the pow’r of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.
(Chorus)
The Father of our Lord;
Be His abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
Chorus:
When from the dead He raised His Son
And called Him to the sky,
He gave our souls a living hope
That they should never die.
Saints by the pow’r of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.
(Chorus)