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When I Can Read My Title Clear

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2 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns for Second Advent Believers #44

Hymns for Second Advent Believers #44 · 1852SDA Hymnal #464 · 1985

Verse 1

When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.

Verse 1

When I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.

Verse 2

Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

Verse 2

Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

Verse 3

Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall!
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.

Verse 3

Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall!
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 heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

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