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O Mother dear, Jerusalem
Author: W. Prid; David Dickson, 1583-1663 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 625 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 O Mother dear, Jerusalem,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
O happy harbor of the saints!
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow may be found,
No grief, no care, no toil.
2 Thy walls are made of precious tones,
Thy bulwarks diamonds square;
Thy gates are of right orient pearl,
Exceeding rich and rare.
Thy turrets and thy pinnacles
With garnets rare do shine;
Thy very streets are paved with gold,
Surpassing clear and find.
3 Thy gardens and thy gallant walks
Continually are green,
They grow such sweet and pleasant flow'rs
As nowhere else are seen.
Quite through the streets, with silver sound,
The flood of life doth flow,
Upon whose banks on ev'ry side side
The wood of life doth grow.
4 Those trees for evermore bear fruit,
And evermore do spring;
Then evermore the angels sit,
And evermore do sing.
Jerusalem, my happy home,
Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!
Amen.
Scripture: Revelation 21:10 Used With Tune: MATERNA Text Sources: "F. B. P." in Ms. of 16th or 17th cent.
O Mother dear, Jerusalem
The Heavenly Rest
Author: Rev. Willima Bingham Tappan (1794-1849) Appears in 566 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated First Line: There is an hour of peaceful rest Scripture: Hebrews 4:9 Used With Tune: WOODLAND
The Heavenly Rest
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
Author: Phoebe Cary Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 715 hymnals Topics: Anticipation Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er;
Near’r to my home today am I
Than e’er I’ve been before.
2 Nearer my Father’s house,
Where many mansions be;
Nearer today, the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea.
3 Nearer the bound of life
Where burdens are laid down;
Nearer to leave the heavy cross,
Nearer to gain the crown.
4 But lying dark between,
Winding down through the night,
Is the deep and unknown stream
To be crossed ere we reach the light.
5 Father, perfect my trust!
Strengthen my pow’r of faith!
Nor let me stand, at last, alone
Upon the shore of death.
6 Be Thee near when my feet
Are slipping o’er the brink;
For it may be I’m nearer home,
Nearer now than I think. Scripture: John 14:2 Used With Tune: DULCE DOMUM Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/One_Sweetly_Solemn_Thought)
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
There is a house not made with hands
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 210 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Lyrics: 1 There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal and on high;
And here my spirit waiting stands,
And here my spirit waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.
2 Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolved and fall,
Then, O my soul! with joy obey
Then, O my soul! with joy obey
Thy Heavenly Father's call.
3 'Tis He, by His almighty grace,
That forms thee fit for heaven,
And as an earnest of the place,
And as an earnest of the place,
Has His own Spirit given.
4 We walk by faith of joys to come,
Faith lives upon His word;
But while the body is our home,
But while the body is our home,
We're absent from the Lord.
Amen. Used With Tune: TAPPAN
There is a house not made with hands
As when the weary traveler gains
Author: Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 205 hymnals Topics: Heaven in Anticipation Lyrics: 1 As when the weary traveler gains
The height of some o'erlooking hill,
His heart revives, if, 'cross the plains,
He eyes his home, though distant still.
2 So when the Christian pilgrim views,
By faith, his mansion in the skies,
The sight his fainting strength renews,
And wings his speed to reach the prize.
3 'Tis there, he says, I am to dwell
With Jesus in the realms of day;
Then shall I bid my cares farewell,
And he will wipe my tears away.
Scripture: Isaiah 33:17
As when the weary traveler gains
The God of Abraham praise
Author: Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Yigdal (based on)
The God of Abraham praise
This is not your Rest
Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar (1808— ) Meter: 8.7 Appears in 161 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated First Line: This is not my place of resting Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16 Used With Tune: VESPER
This is not your Rest
When I Get to the End of the Way
Author: C. D. T. Meter: 10.9.10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: The sands have been washed in the footprints Lyrics: 1 The sands have been washed in the footprints
Of the stranger on Galilee’s shore,
And the voice that subdued the rough billows,
Will be heard in Judea no more.
But the path of that lone Galilean,
With joy I will follow today;
And the toils of the road will seem nothing,
When I get to the end of the way.
2 There are so many hills to climb upward,
I often am longing for rest,
But He who appoints me my pathway
Knows just what is needful and best.
I know in His word He hath promised
That my strength, “it shall be as my day”;
And the toils of the road will seem nothing,
When I get to the end of the way.
3 He loves me too well to forsake me,
Or give me a trial too much;
All His people have been dearly purchased,
And Satan can never claim such.
By and by I shall see Him and praise Him,
In the city of unending day;
And the toils of the road will seem nothing,
When I get to the end of the way.
4 When the last, feeble step has been taken,
And the gates of that city appear,
And the beautiful songs of the angels
Float out on my listening ear;
When all that now seems so mysterious
Will be bright and as clear as the day,
Then the toils of the road will seem nothing,
When I get to the end of the way. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:17 Used With Tune: [The sands have been washed in the footprints] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/When_I_Get_to_the_End_of_the_Way); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (477)
When I Get to the End of the Way
Who knows how near my end may be?
Author: Catherine Winkworth; Countess Emilia Juliana Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Who knows how near my end may be?
Time speeds away, and death comes on.
How swiftly, ah, how suddenly,
May death be here, and life be gone!
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.
2 O Father, cover all my sins
With Jesus' merits, who alone
The pardon that I covet wins,
And makes His long-sought Rest my own.
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.
3 Then death may come or tarry yet;
I know in Christ I perish not.
He never will His own forget;
He gives me robes without a spot.
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
Thy peace may bless my dying day.
4 And thus I live in God at peace,
And die without a thought of fear,
Content to take what God decrees,
For through His Son my faith is clear;
His grace shall be in death my stay,
And peace shall bless my dying day.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE
Who knows how near my end may be?
When the Mists Have Rolled Away
Author: Annie H. Barker Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 187 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: When the mists have rolled in splendor Refrain First Line: We shall know, as we are known Lyrics: 1 When the mists have rolled in splendor
From the beauty of the hills,
And the sunlight falls in gladness
On the rivers and the rills,
We recall our Father’s promise
In the rainbow of the spray:
We shall know each other better
When the mists have rolled away.
Refrain:
We shall know, as we are known,
Nevermore to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning
Of that bright and happy day,
We shall know each other better,
When the mists have rolled away.
2 Oft we tread the path before us
With a weary, burdened heart;
Oft we toil amid the shadows,
And our fields are far apart;
But the Savior’s “Come, ye blessed”
All our labor will repay,
When we gather in the morning
Where the mists have rolled away. [Refrain]
3 We shall come with joy and gladness,
We shall gather round the throne;
Face to face with those that love us,
We shall know as we are known;
And the song of our redemption
Shall resound through endless day,
When the shadows have departed,
And the mists have rolled away. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Used With Tune: [When the mists have rolled in splendor] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/When_the_Mists_Have_Rolled_Away); The Salvation Army, Songs and Music, 1922 (230); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/h/e/whenmist.htm)
When the Mists Have Rolled Away
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