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: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:

Description:

External websites: http://www.embassysingers.de

Original text and translations

English.png 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.