How Blest Are They Who Hear God’s Word

How blest are they who hear God’s Word

And keep and heed what they have heard!

They wis­dom dai­ly ga­ther;

Their light shines bright­er day by day

And while they tread life’s wea­ry way

They have the oil of glad­ness

To soothe their pain and sad­ness.

God’s Word a trea­sure is to me

Through sor­row’s night my sun shall be

The shield of faith in bat­tle.

The Fa­ther’s hand hath writ­ten there

My ti­tle as His child and heir

The king­dom’s thine for­ev­er.

That pro­mise fail­eth nev­er.

Today I was my Sav­ior’s guest

My soul was here so rich­ly blest

The Bread of Life re­ceiv­ing.

Oh

may there­by my faith pre­vail

So that its fruits shall nev­er fail

Till my ac­count is giv­en

Before the throne in Heav­en!