The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#263

263. In heaven above, in heaven above

1 In heaven above, in heaven above,
Where God, our Father, dwells:
How boundless there the blessedness!
No tongue its greatness tells:
There face to face, and full and free,
Ever and evermore we see -
We see the Lord of hosts!

2 In heaven above, in heaven above,
What glory deep and bright!
The splendor of the noonday sun
Grows pale before its light:
The mighty sun that ne’er goes down,
Around whose gleam clouds never frown,
Is God, the Lord of hosts.

3 In heaven above, in heaven above,
Behold a countless throng!
Angels in mystic radiance garbed
Lead the triumphal song:
Angels and saints are one, and I
Join glad the gladdest company,
and hail the Lord of hosts.

4 In heaven above, in heaven above,
No tears of pain are shed:
For nothing there can fade or die;
Life’s fulness round is spread,
And like an ocean, joy o’erflows,
And with immortal mercy glows
Our God the Lord of hosts.

5 In heaven above, in heaven above,
God hath a joy prepared,
Which mortal ear hath never heard,
Nor mortal vision shared,
Which never pierced to mortal breast,
By mortal lips was ne'er expressed,
O God, the Lord of hosts!

6 O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Accept my thankful praise:
Give me, as to the happy ones,
Treasure of endless days.
If firm in faith and hope I stand,
I gain the crown, the better land,
O God the Lord of hosts.

Text Information

• First Line: In heaven above, in heaven above
• Author: Johan Aström (1819)
• Meter: 8, 6, 8, 6, 8, 8,
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Seragesima; The Church Year: Quinquagesima; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: [In heaven above, in heaven above]
• Composer: Ludv. M. Lindeman, 1812—87
• Meter: 8, 6, 8, 6, 8, 8,
• Key: F Major