Son, Be Of Good Cheer

Verse 1

How blest are they whose guilt is gone, Whose sins are washed away with blood, Whose hope is fixed on Christ alone, Whom Christ has reconciled to God.

Verse 2

Blest are the ones to whom the Lord Iniquity will not impute, Who, leaning on the Savior's word, Of faith enjoy the peaceful fruit.

Verse 3

Though trav’ling through this vale of tears, They many sore temptations meet; The Holy Ghost this witness bears: They stand in Jesus still complete.

Verse 4

This pearl of price no works can claim; They find how rich this is indeed; This pure, white stone contains a name Which none but who receives can read.

Verse 5

This precious gift, this bond of love The Lord oft gives his people here, But what we all shall be above Does not, my dear friends, yet appear.

Verse 6

Yet this we safely may may believe, ’Tis what no words will e’er express, What saints themselves cannot conceive, And brightest angels only guess.