Text: | Heavenward still our pathway tends |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolk |
Translator: | Frances Elizabeth Cox |
Tune: | MEINHOLD |
1 Heavenward still our pathway tends;
Here on earth we are but strangers,
Till our road in Canaan ends,
Safely passed this wild of dangers;
Here we but as pilgrims rove,
For our home is there above.
2 Heavenward still, my soul, ascend!
Thou art one of heaven's creations;
Earth can ne'er give aim or end
Fit to fill thy aspirations;
And a heaven-enlightened mind
Evermore its source to find.
3 Heavenward still! God calls to me
In His Word, so loudly speaking;
Glimpses in that Word I see
Of the home I'm ever seeking.
While my heart that call attends,
Still to heaven my path ascends.
4 Heavenward still when life shall close,
Death to my true home shall guide me:
Then, triumphant o'er my woes,
Lasting bliss shall God provide me.
Christ Himself the way has led;
Joyful in His steps I tread.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Heavenward still our pathway tends |
Translator: | Frances Elizabeth Cox (1841) |
Author: | Benjamin Schmolk (1731) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Life Everlasting: Heaven |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MEINHOLD |
Meter: | 7 8, 7 8, 7 7 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Lüneburg Gesangbuch, 1686 |
Notes: | Public Domain. |