Happy are they, they that love God (William Croft)
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- (Posted 2020-04-28) CPDL #58292:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-04-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 48 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In F major. Words and melody from Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard. Verses not underlaid.
- (Posted 2020-04-28) CPDL #58291:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2020-04-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In F major. Words and 4-part harmony from Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard. Verses underlaid.
- (Posted 2019-01-12) CPDL #52899:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2019-01-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 47 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: In G major.
General Information
Title: Happy are they, they that love God
Composer: William Croft
Lyricist: Robert Bridges
Tune: Binchester
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
2nd published: 1983 in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard, no. 176
Description: Text based on Charles Coffin's O quam juvat.
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Happy are they, they that love God,
whose hearts have Christ confest,
who by his cross have found their life,
and 'neath his yoke their rest.
2. Glad is the praise, sweet are the songs,
when they together sing;
and strong the prayers that bow the ear
of heaven's eternal King.
3. Christ to their homes giveth his peace,
and makes their loves his own:
but ah, what tares the evil one
hath in his garden sown!
4. Sad were our lot, evil this earth,
did not its sorrows prove
the path whereby the sheep may find
the fold of Jesus' love.
5. Then shall they know, they that love him,
how all their pain is good;
and death itself cannot unbind
their happy brotherhood.