50 How blessed is the little flock
1 How blessed is the little flock,
Whom Jesus calls His own!
He is their Savior and their rock,
They trust in Him alone;
They walk by faith and hope and love,
But they shall dwell with Him above,
When hope and faith shall pass away,
And love shall last for aye.
2 My Jesus, am I in that band,
And wilt Thou call me Thine?
Do I among the chosen stand
Whose lamps so brightly shine?
O let me not lie down to rest
Till this I know, my Savior blest,
Till I can say, by grace restored:
"Thou know'st I love Thee, Lord!"
3 And even if with tears it be,
That this to Thee I say,
Yet Thou in grace wilt look on me
And wipe my tears away;
Yea, when but Thou who all dost know
In me canst find Thy love below
And own me Thine, then well is me,
My all I have in Thee.
Text Information
- Author
- N. S. Holm, 1839
- Translator
- C. Doving, 1906
Tune Information
- Name
- Hvor salig er den lille Flok
- Meter
- 8, 6, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6, 6.
- Source
- Ludv. M. Lindeman, 1812-87