I Was Glad, O, So Glad

Words and music: Martha Dalton, 1990

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   1. I was glad, O, so glad, when they said unto me,
      "Let us go unto the house of the Lord."
      For a day in His courts is far better to be
      Than a thousand away from God:
      Singing praise, in the great congregation,
      To Eternal God our Creator.
      I was glad, O so glad, when they said unto me,
      "Let us go unto the House of the Lord."
   2. As a fountain of tears, I had poured out my soul
      when derided by doubts and oppressed.
      I had gone, with the people who kept Holy day,
      to the House of God with joy and praise.
      Why, O then, be cast down, O my soul,
      And why the disquiet within?
      Hope and healing and health are from Thee, O my God,
      loving kindness and mercy and truth.
   3. I commune with my soul, making diligent search;
      I remember my song in the night;
      My soul thirsts for Thy trust as in dry desert lands,
      for thy pow'r and Thy glory to come.
      From a horrible pit He delivered,
      out of miry clay upon a rock;
      Gave a song that is new, even praise to our God,
      seeing many shall trust in the Lord.


Words and music copyright �1990 by Martha Dalton and Audrey Rhodes 
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