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454. Happy the heart where graces reign

1 Happy the heart where graces reign,
Where love inspires the breast;
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain,
And all in vain our fear;
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,
If love be absent there.

3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet
In swift obedience move;
The devils know, and tremble too;
But devils do not love.

4 This is the grace that lives and sings
When faith and hope shall cease;
'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings
In the sweet, realms of bliss.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Happy the heart where graces reign
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Fruit of the Spirit; Love: Chief of the Graces; Obedience
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: BOARDMAN
Composer: Charles Jeffereys
Meter: C. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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