Blest is the man, O God

Blest is the man, O God. Augustus Montague Toplady* (1740-1778). This hymn consists of 4-line stanzas taken from ‘Your harps, ye trembling saints’*. This is one of many variants taken from the original. While some books retained Toplady’s first line (the Primitive Methodist Hymnal (1887, 1889, and RCH, 1927), some books, including CP  (1951), began as above. The text was as follows (the stanzas in Toplady are indicated):   Blest is the man, O God,   (8b)  That stays himself on Thee, Who wait tor thy salvation, Lord,  Shall Thy salvation see.   When we in darkness walk,   (4a)  Nor feel the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God,  And rest upon his name.   Soon shall our doubts...