The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6742

6742. There Is a House Not Made with Hands

1. There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal and on high;
And here my spirit waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.

2. Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolved and fall;
Then, O my soul! with joy obey
Thy heav’nly Father’s call.

3. ’Tis He, by His almighty grace,
That forms Thee fit for Heav’n;
And, as an earnest of the place,
Has His own Spirit giv’n.

4. We walk by faith of joys to come,
Faith lives upon His Word;
But while the body is our home,
We’re absent from the Lord.

5. ’Tis pleasant to believe Thy grace,
But we had rather see;
We would be absent from the flesh
And present, Lord, with Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a house not made with hands
• Title: There Is a House Not Made with Hands
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: BALLERMA, François H. Barthélémon, 1741-1808, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833

Tune Information

• Name: CONDESCENSION
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 13332 34543 35515
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain