ELHB Hymn 368
When I can read my title clear
Isaac Watts (1707)
Hymn Text
368. When I can read my title clear
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1 When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
2 Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
3 Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all:
And storms of sorrow fall;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all:
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #368