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Tune: Wo Gott Zum Haus · 4/4 · Eb

Oh, Blest the House

Words: Christoph C. L. von Pfeil, 1735. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1863, alt.

Key
Eboriginal
Tempo
100bpm

Shown in the original key. The loop button repeats the tune for every verse; the last phrase serves as the introduction.

Words

  1. 1Oh blest the house, whate'er befall, Where Jesus Christ is All in All; Yea, if He were not dwelling there, How poor and dark and void it were!
  2. 2Oh blest that house where faith ye find, And all within have set their mind To trust their God and serve Him still, And do in all His holy will.
  3. 3Blest, where their prayers shall daily rise As fragrant incense to the skies, While in their lives the world is taught That forms without the heart are naught.
  4. 4Blest, where the busy hands fulfil Their proper task with ready skill, While through their different works ye see One spirit run of unity.
  5. 5Blest such a house, it prospers well, In peace and joy the parents dwell, And in their children's lot is shown How richly God can bless His own.
  6. 6Then here will I and mine to-day A solemn covenant make, and say,-- Though all the world forsake Thy Word, I and my house will serve the Lord.