The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8721

8721. There Is Beyond the Sky

1 There is beyond the sky
A Heav’n of joy and love;
And holy children when they die
Go to that world above.

2 There is a dreadful hell,
And everlasting pains;
There sinners must with devils dwell
In darkness, fire and chains.

3 Can such a wretch as I
Escape this cursèd end?
And may I hope whene’er I die
I shall to Heav’n ascend?

4 Then will I read and pray,
While I have life and breath;
Lest I should be cut off today,
And sent to endless death.

Text Information

• First Line: There is beyond the sky
• Title: There Is Beyond the Sky
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Divine Songs for Children, 1715, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: MORAVIA by Lewis R. West; SILVER STREET by Isaac Smith

Tune Information

• Name: ORRINGTON
• Composer: Carl Friedrich Zelter, 1758-1832
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: SM
• Key: g minor
• Source: The Psaltery (Boston: Wilkins, Carter & Company, 1845)
• Copyright: Public Domain