How Happy Is the Man Who Has Chosen Wisdom's Ways

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1845

Hymn 1
P.M.
1. How happy is the man who has chosen wisdom's ways,
And who measures out his span to his God in prayer and praise -
His God and his Bible is all that he desires;
To holiness of heart he continually aspires -
In poverty he's happy, for he knows he has a friend,
One who never will forsake him though time shall have an end.

2. He rises in the morning and tunes his early lays,
And offers up a tribute to his God in prayer and praise;
And then to his labor he cheerfully repairs,
In confidence believing that God will hear his prayers.
Whatever he engages in, at home or abroad,
His object is to honor and to glorify his God.

3. He hails with joy the morning that rolls the Sabbath round,
And in the courts of Zion he is ever to be found;
His place among his brethren he does surely fill -
Low at the feet of Jesus, there to do his master's will;
He claims his Father's promises, and freely does bestow
His goods for the promotion of righteousness below.

4. 'Tis thus you have his history of life from day to day,
Religion is no mystery, to him it's a beaten way,
And when on his pillow he lies down to die,
In hope he then rejoices - he knows his Savior's nigh.
And when life's lamp is fluttering, his soul on wings of love
Flies away to realms of glory, there to reign with Christ above.