Church Book ‎#282

282. Come, let us join our friends above

1 Come, let us join our friends above,
That have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joy celestial rise.

2 Let all the saints terrestrial sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In earth and heaven, are one.

3 One family, we dwell in Him,
One Church above, beneath;
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

4 One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of His host has crossed the flood,
And part is crossing now.

5 His militant, embodied coast,
With wishful looks we stand,
And long to see that happy coast,
And reach that heavenly land.

6 Even now by faith we join our hands
With those that went before,
And greet the blood-besprinkled bands
On the eternal shore.

7 Lord Jesus, be our constant Guide,
And when the word is given,
Bid the cold waves of death divide,
And land us all in heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us join our friends above
• Author: C. Wesley (1759, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Church: The Communion of Saints
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #77 or #579

Tune Information

• Name: NORMANTON
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Lutheran