Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#551b

551b. Give me the wings of faith to rise

1 Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.

2 Once they were mourners here below,
And poured out cries and tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.

3 I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to His death.

4 They marked the footsteps that He trod,
His zeal inspired their breast;
And, following their incarnate God,
Possess the promised rest.

5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For His own pattern given;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise
• Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Christ: Leading; Heaven: Friends in; Heaven: Glory of; Heaven: Saints in; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Witnesses, great cloud of; Saints: In Heaven; Leader, Christ our

Tune Information

• Name: FIDES
• Composer: T. H. Mason, 1868-
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: F Major or modal