Hymns · 1707
When I Can Read My Title Clear
Songwriter Isaac Watts, Ananias Davisson
Made popular by Isaac Watts
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Verse 1
When I can read my title clear (I Pet. 1:3-4)
To mansions in the skies, (John 14:2-3)
I bid farewell to every fear, (Heb. 2:14-15)
And wipe my weeping eyes. (Isa. 25:8, Rev. 7:14, Rev. 21:4)
And wipe my weeping eyes,
And wipe my weeping eyes
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
Verse 2
Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled, (Eph. 6:16)
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world. (John 15:18-19, John 16:33)
And face a frowning world,
And face a frowning world,
Then I can smile at Satan’s rage,
And face a frowning world.
Verse 3
Let cares, like a wild deluge come, (Ps. 69:1-2)
And storms of sorrow fall! (Matt. 7:25)
May I but safely reach my home, (II Cor. 5:1, Phil. 3:20, Heb. 11:13-16)
My God, my heav’n, my all. (Ps. 73:25-26)
My God, my heav’n, my all,
My God, my heav’n, my all,
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heav’n, my all.
Verse 4
There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav’nly rest, (Matt. 11:28-29, Rev. 14:13)
And not a wave of trouble roll,
Across my peaceful breast. (Rev. 21:4)
Across my peaceful breast,
Across my peaceful breast,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.