Scripture Verse

I will sing praises unto the Lord. Psalm 27:6

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Jo­seph S. Young, in Tell­ing Je­sus, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton et al. (Hud­son, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1922), num­ber 1 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

I will praise the name of Christ, my Sav­ior,
Who died that I might ev­er live;
Glory hon­or, laud and ad­or­ation,
With heart and voice to Him I’ll give.

Refrain

I will sing His prais­es, sing grate­ful prais­es,
Till earth­ly life for me is o’er;
Then with shin­ing angels, and ran­somed spir­its,
I’ll sing His praise for­ev­er­more.

Though my soul must pass through fie­ry tri­als,
The Lord will be my strength and stay;
He has said He nev­er will for­sake me,
I’ll sing His prais­es day by day.

Refrain

Do not weep for me, when I must leave you,
My Lord up­holds me by His grace;
In the hap­py home pre­pared in glo­ry,
I’ll praise my Sav­ior face to face.

Refrain

That will be a ho­ly, hap­py meet­ing,
When we, from sin and sor­row free,
Shall be crowned by life by our Re­deem­er,
To sing His praise eter­nal­ly.

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