Scripture Verse

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Fa­ther, and before His angels. Revelation 3:5

Introduction

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Henry J. E. Holmes
1852–1938

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 839.

Music: Pa­ter Om­ni­um Hen­ry J. E. Holmes, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Happy for­ev­er hap­py I,
If suf­fered with my Lord to die!
O might I gain the vic­tor’s right,
The robe of pure un­spot­ted white,
And wear the saints’ ce­les­ti­al dress,
The Lord, my glo­ri­ous right­eous­ness.

Soon as I win the vast re­ward,
The joy for con­quer­ors pre­pared,
Wrote in the vol­ume of the Lamb
Thou ne­ver wilt blot out my name,
But me be­fore Thy Fa­ther own,
And rank with an­gels round Thy throne.