The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

O, how happy are they

No. 469
Metre P. M.
Tune CONVERT.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Unknown.
Key B-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

O, how happy are theyWho their Saviour obey,And have laid up their treasure above!Tongue can never expressThe sweet comfort and peaceOf a soul in its earliest love.

That sweet comfort is mine,Since the favor divineI received through the blood of the Lamb;Since my heart first believed,What a joy I've received,What a heaven in Jesus' dear name!

'Tis a heaven belowMy Redeemer to know;And the angels can do nothing moreThan to fall at his feet,And the story repeat,And the Lover of sinners adore.

Jesus all the day longIs my joy and my song;O that all to this refuge might fly!He hath loved me, indeed,He did suffer and bleed,To redeem such a rebel as I.

On the wings of his love,I am carried aboveAll my sin, and temptation, and pain;O, that all would believe,And by sin never grieve,And thus cause him to suffer again.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.»; hymn number «469» (large), tune name «CONVERT. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; «P. M.» = particular metre, here 6.6.9.6.6.9), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals) — the composer is printed as unknown. Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «O,»: «hap-py», «o - bey», «nev-er», «ex- press», «ear - li - est» are hyphenated under the notes; «Saviour», «treasure», «above», «comfort» are printed as whole words although each is sung on two notes. Its six verse lines are given here one per line (the print runs three verse lines on each system). No reference line («tune_refs») is printed for this hymn. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music; in each, lines 1, 2, 4 and 5 are indented and lines 3 and 6 set flush (shown here by the indentation of lines 2, 4 and 5; line 1, which follows the stanza number, is indented in the print too). The stanza numbers 2–5 are printed without a period («2»); they are written «2.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book. «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 5. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («Lamb ;», «name !», «know ;», «song ;», «fly !», «pain ;», «above !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («I've», «Jesus'», «'Tis»). Spelling («Saviour», «favor»), punctuation and capitals («Lover») are the print's.