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145. OUR HAPPY LOT

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​Author:  Karl Philipp Spitta (1801-1859)
​Music Source:  Musikalisches Handbuch, 1690​

1. Our lot is found in pleasant places;
    A goodly heritage is ours,
    To Him whence come all gifts and graces
    Let us give praise with all our pow’rs.
    He chooses us of His free grace
    And makes us His peculiar race.
 
2. He undertook our souls’ salvation;
    Our sad condition moved Him so!
    And came to us from pure compassion
    To raise us from our depths of woe.
    O, wonderful, surpassing love,
    Which brought Him to us from above!
 
3. He saw in us no form of beauty,
    No virtue, nor intrinsic worth.
    Not one there was that did his duty,
    For all were sinners from their birth;
    Nor was there one in such distress
    Who could our misery redress.
 
4. Then, moved at heart with deep compassion,
    The Lord stretched out His arm to save;
    And His own life for our salvation,
    And therewith all things, freely gave:
    Adoption, sonship and with this
    A whole eternity of bliss.
 
5. O, Lord, of goodness so amazing,
    Not one is worthy, no not one.
    We stand in shame and wonder gazing
    At wondrous things which Thou hast done.
    Thy crowning grace and precious blood
    Have reconciled us with our God.
 
6. We feel quite certain of obtaining
    Nothing but goodness from Thy hand,
    And wend our way without complaining
    Through dreary mist and barren land,
    With heav’n in view, where we shall be
    Joined through eternity to Thee.
 
7. Our lot is found in pleasant places;
    A goodly heritage is ours;
    And gladly would we share the graces,
    Which God’s great goodness richly show’rs.
    Yea, we commend them unto all
    Who would obey the gracious call.
 
8. It grieves us sore when men refuse them
    And treat God’s blessings with disdain;
    Or by neglect forever lose them
    And make the grace of God in vain.
    All ye who thirst come here and buy,
    And Christ will all your wants supply.

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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements