A Joyful Course

Verse 1

Assist us, Lord, thy name to praise, For this rich gospel of thy grace; And, that our hearts may love it more, Teach them to feel its vital pow'r.

Verse 2

With joy may we our course pursue, And keep the crown of life in view; That crown, which in one hour repays The labour of ten thousand days.

Verse 3

Should bonds of death obstruct our way, Unmov'd their terrors we'll survey; And the last hour improve for thee, The last of life or liberty.

Verse 4

Welcome those bonds, which may unite Our souls to their supreme delight! Welcome that death, whose painful strife Bears us to Christ, our better life.