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Text:Lord of the worlds above
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:CROFT'S 136TH
Composer:William Croft, 1678-1727

511. Lord of the worlds above

1 Lord of the worlds above
how pleasant and how fair
the dwellings of thy love,
thy earthly temples, are!
To thine abode
my heart aspires,
with warm desires
to see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray
where God appoints to hear!
O happy ones that pay
their constant service there!
They praise thee still;
and happy they
that love the way
To Sion’s hill.

3 They go from strength to strength
through this dark vale of tears,
till each arrives at length,
till each in heaven appears:
O glorious seat!
when God our King,
shall thither bring
our willing feet.

Text Information
First Line: Lord of the worlds above
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Meter: 66 66 44 44
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ; ;
Tune Information
Name: CROFT'S 136TH
Composer: William Croft, 1678-1727
Meter: 66 66 44 44
Key: C Major
Source: Playford's The Divine Companion, 1709



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