Hymn

When I Can Read My Title Clear

Metre 8.6.8.6.

When I can read my title clear

To mansions in the skies,

I bid farewell to ev'ry fear,

And wipe my weeping eyes,...

And wipe my weeping eyes.

Should earth against my soul engage,

And hellish darts be hurled,

Then I can smile at Satan's rage,

And face a frowning world,...

And face a frowning world.

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,...

My God, my heav'n, my all.

There shall I bathe my weary soul

In seas of heav'nly rest,

And not a wave of trouble roll

Across my peaceful breast,...

Across my peaceful breast.

When I Can Read My Title Clear — Text from The New Christian Hymnal, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/when-i-can-read-my-title-clear

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote When I Can Read My Title Clear?

The words of When I Can Read My Title Clear were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1929. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Christ's Dying Love and Sinai and Zion.

Is When I Can Read My Title Clear public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from The New Christian Hymnal, published in 1929. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.

What is the metre of When I Can Read My Title Clear?

When I Can Read My Title Clear is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, For Victorious Faith, Praise and Through Sorrow's Night And Danger's Path.