1. O how happy are they, Who the Savior obey, And whose treasure is laid up above! Tongue can never express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. | 2. That comfort was mine, When the favor divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed, O what joy I received, What a heaven in Jesus's name! | 3. 'Twas a heaven below The Redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more, Than to fall at his feet, And the story repeat, And the Savior of sinners adore. | 4. Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song: O that all his salvation might see! "He hath loved me," I cried, "He hath suffered and died, To redeem such a rebel as me." | 5. On the wings of his love, I was carried above All sin and temptation, and pain. I could not believe That I ever should grieve, That I ever should suffer again. | 6. I rode on the sky, Freely justified I, Nor envied Elijah his seat; My glad soul mounted higher In a chariot of fire, And the world was put under my feet. | 7. O the rapturous height Of that holy delight Which I felt in the life giving blood! Of my Savior possessed, I was perfectly blest, Overwhelmed with the fulness of God. | 8. What a mercy is this! What a heaven of bliss! How unspeakably favored am I! Gathered into the fold, With believers enrolled, With believers to live and to die! | 9. Now my remnant of days Would I spend to his praise, Who hath died my poor soul to redeem. Whether many or few, All my years are his due; May they all be devoted to him. | |