Reward of Saints

O what a mighty change

No. 987
Metre S. M.
Tune SILVER STREET.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Isaac Smith.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/2
4 stanzas

Words

O what a mighty changeShall Jesus' followers know,When o'er the happy plains they range,Incapable of woe!

There all our griefs are passed;There all our sorrows end;We gain a peaceful rest at last,With Jesus Christ, our Friend.

No slightest touch of pain,Nor sorrow's least alloy,Can violate our rest, or stainOur purity of joy.

In that eternal day,No clouds nor tempests rise;There gushing tears are wiped awayForever from our eyes.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «REWARD OF SAINTS.»; hymn number «987» (large), tune name «SILVER STREET. S. M.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals), «ISAAC SMITH.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves of the one system, in a small condensed bold face, with «1.» before «O»; «mighty», «Jesus'» and «happy» are set solid over their notes, «fol - lowers» and «In - ca - pa - ble» hyphenated (see `lyrics_syllables.txt`). An ink blot covers part of «range,» in the lyric line; the word is legible. The reference line «810, 89, 762.» in italic figures stands under the music, above stanza 2 (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 810 EL KADER, 89 DOVE or 762 KENTUCKY, all S. M.); stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«4» without periods (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented, and stanza 1 is laid out the same way here. «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («passed ;», «end ;», «rise ;», «woe !»); it is closed up here. The apostrophes of «Jesus'», «o'er» and «sorrow's» are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.