The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6865

6865. To Realms of Glory

1. To realms of glory in the skies
I see my Lord returning,
While I, a stranger in the earth,
For heaven am ever yearning.
’Mid toil and sorrow here I roam,
Far from my heavenly Father’s home.

2. Yet visions of the promised land
By faith my soul obtaineth;
There shall I dwell forevermore
Where Christ in glory reigneth;
In mansions of that bright abode,
The city of the living God.

3. In that blest city is no night,
Nor any pain or weeping;
There is my treasure, there my heart,
Safe in the Savior’s keeping;
In Heaven, my risen Lord, with Thee
May all my thought and living be.

4. How blessèd shall those servants be,
O Lord, at Thy returning,
Whose hearts are waiting still for Thee,
Whose lamps are trimmed and burning;
Them wilt Thou take to dwell with Thee
In joy and peace eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: To realms of glory in the skies
• Title: To Realms of Glory
• Author: Johan O. Wallin, 1779-1839
• Translator (from Swedish): Claude W. Foss, 1855-1935
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: EISENACH
• Composer: Johann Schein (1628)
• Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Incipit: 13455 43256 71766
• Key: D Major