Text: | Brief life is here our portion |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny (12th century) |
Translator: | Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Tune: | CHENIES |
Composer: | T. R. Matthews, 1826-1910 |
1 Brief life is here our portion;
Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
2 And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown;
But He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known;
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own.
3 The morning shall awaken,
The shadows shall decay,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day.
There God, our King and portion,
In fulness of His grace,
Shall we behold for ever,
And worship face to face.
4 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Brief life is here our portion |
Translator: | Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny (12th century) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Worship: In Heaven; Brevity of Life; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity(8 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHENIES |
Composer: | T. R. Matthews, 1826-1910 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 |
Key: | G Major or modal |