The Christian — Faith, Hope, and Charity

There is a blessed hope,

No. 688
Metre S. M.
Tune DENNIS.
Words Anon.
Music Johann G. Nageli.
Key F major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

There is a blessed hope,More precious and more brightThan all the joyless mockeryThe world esteems delight.

There is a lovely starThat lights the darkest gloom,And sheds a peaceful radiance o'erThe prospects of the tomb.

There is a cheering voiceThat lifts the soul above,Dispels the painful, anxious doubt,And whispers, "God is love."

That voice from Calvary's hightProclaims the soul forgiven;That star is revelation's light,That hope, the hope of heaven.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.»; hymn number «688» (large), tune name «DENNIS. S. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «JOHANN G. NAGELI.» at the right (capitals and small capitals, no umlaut). Stanza 1 is printed between the staves of the two systems, with «1.» before «There»; in it «bless-ed», «pre-cious», «joy-less», «mock-er-y», «es-teems» and «de-light» are divided by hyphens. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «732, 558, 810.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 732, 558 or 810), with the stanza numbers printed without a full stop («2 There»), numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («forgiven ;») and inside the quotation marks («" God is love."»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight («o'er», «Calvary's», «revelation's», "God is love."). «hight» (stanza 4) is the print's spelling. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each text stanza are indented in the print. Handwritten in ink beside the hymn number in this exemplar: «Blest Be the Tie» — not printed, not transcribed.