When I can read my title clear

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General information

'When I can read my title clear' is a hymn by Isaac Watts, published as Hymn 65 in Book 2 of his Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Settings by composers (automated)

Lucius Chapin — Ninety-Fifth English SATB
James C. Lowry — Pisgah English SATB
S. McFarland — Dunlap's Creek English SATB
Samuel Wakefield — Fayette English STB
William Walker — Dudley English STB

Text and translations

English text

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

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

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:

4 There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heav'nly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.