263 | The Hymnal#264 | 265a |
Text: | Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings |
Author: | Rev. Robert Seagrave |
Tune: | AMSTERDAM |
Composer: | James Nares (1715-1783) |
1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things
Toward heaven, thy destined place.
Sun and moon and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.
2 Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So my soul, derived from God,
Longs to view His glorious face,
Forward tends to His abode,
To rest in His embrace.
3 Cease, my soul, then, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon the Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and we know
Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heaven.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings |
Author: | Rev. Robert Seagrave (1742) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. 7. 7. 7. 6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | The Life in Christ: Aspiration; Christ: Second Coming, His; Eternal Life(2 more...) |
Notes: | Stanza 3, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMSTERDAM |
Composer: | James Nares (1715-1783) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. 7. 7. 7. 6. |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | "The Foundery Collection," 1742 |