How Blest Was That Life

How blest was that life once lived up­on earth

The life of the Sav­ior of men!

What joy was their part who learned at His feet

Who loved and who wor­shiped Him then!

I know that He liv­eth

Re­deem­er and friend

To bless and to com­fort our way;

I know the glad song of the heav­en­ly throng—

He liv­eth

He liv­eth to­day!

The friend of our need

the hope of the world

Abides with us still as of old;

When wan­der­ing far in sor­row and sin

He lead­eth us home to the fold.

O Lord of the sea

who once walked abroad

On trea­cher­ous waves of the tide

We know that Thy strong and pi­ty­ing arms

Our wa­ver­ing foot­steps still guide.

Thou art not afar

in re­gions un­known:

Our faith reach­eth up un­to Thee;

And still

through the mists of ag­es long past

The Sav­ior of sin­ners doth see.