"Blessed Are the Sons of God"
                          by Joseph Humphreys, 1720-?
                                  Text From:
                              THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
                 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)
                                       


        1. Blessed are the sons of God,
        They are bought with Christ's own blood;
        They are ransomed from the grave,
        Life eternal they shall have:
        With them numbered may we be
        Here and in eternity!

        2. They are justified by grace,
        They enjoy the Savior's peace;
        All their sins are washed away,
        They shall stand in God's great Day:
        With them numbered may we be
        Here and in eternity!

        3. They are lights upon the earth,
        Children of a heavenly birth;
        One with God, with Jesus one;
        Glory is in them begun:
        With them numbered may we be
        Here and in eternity!

        

        Notes:
        Hymn #391 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Matthew 5:14
        Author: Joseph Humphreys, 1743, cento, alt.
        Composer: Johann G. Ebeling, 1666
        Tune: "Voller Wunder"