When I can read my title clear

by Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 464.

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; And wipe my weeping eyes, And wipe my weeping eyes, 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; And face a frowning world, And face a frowning world, Then I can smile at Satan’s rage, And face a frowning world.

Verse 3

Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms or sorrow fall! May I but safely reach my home, May God, my heav’n, my all; My God. my heav’n, my all, My God, my heav’n, my all, May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav’n, my all.