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There is an hour when I must part
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Death anticipation of Lyrics: 1 There is an hour when I must part
From all I hold most dear;
And life, with its best hopes, will then
As nothingness appear.
2 There is an hour when I must sink
Beneath the stroke of death;
And yield to Him who gave it first,
My struggling vital breath.
3 There is an hour when I must stand
Before the judgment-seat;
And all my sins, and all my foes,
In awful vision meet.
4 There is an hour when I must look
On one Eternity;
And nameless woe, or blissful life,
My endless portion be.
5 O Saviour, then in all my need
Be near, be near to me!
And let my soul, by steadfast faith,
Find life and heaven in Thee.
There is an hour when I must part
As when the weary traveler gains
Author: Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 206 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
When I Get to the End of the Way
Author: C. D. T. Meter: 10.9.10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 111 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
O Mother dear, Jerusalem
Author: W. Prid; David Dickson, 1583-1663 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 632 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
'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Blessedness future, anticipated; Death anticipation of; Hope in anticipation of death Lyrics: 1 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope,
That when my change shall come,
Angels will hover round my bed,
And waft my spirit home!
2 There shall my disimprison'd soul
Behold Him and adore;
Be with his likeness satisfied,
And grieve and sin no more:
3 Shall see Him wear that very flesh
On which my guilt was lain;
His love intense, His merit fresh,
As though but newly slain.
4 Soon, too, my slumbering dust shall hear
The trumpet's quick'ning sound;
And, by my Saviour's power rebuilt,
At His right hand be found.
5 These eyes shall see Him in that day,
The God that died for me!
And all my rising bones shall say,
Lord, who is like to Thee!
6 If such the views which grace unfolds,
Weak as it is below,
What raptures must the Church above,
In Jesus' presence know.
'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope
There is a house not made with hands
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 214 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
There is no night in heav'n
Author: Francis M. Knollis Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 There is no night in heav'n;
In that blest world above
Work never can bring weariness,
For work itself is love.
2 There is no grief in heav'n;
For life is one glad day;
And tears are of those former things
Which all have passed away.
3 There is no sin in heav'n;
Behold that blessed throng—
All holy is their spotless robe,
All holy in their song!
4 There is no death in heav'n;
For they who gain that shore
Have won their immortality,
And they can die no more.
5 Lord Jesus, be our Guide;
O lead us safely on,
Till night and grief and sin and death
Are past, and heav'n is won!
Amen. Scripture: Revelation 21:4 Used With Tune: TRENTHAM
There is no night in heav'n
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
Author: Phoebe Cary Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 727 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
The Heavenly Rest
Author: Rev. Willima Bingham Tappan (1794-1849) Appears in 569 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated First Line: There is an hour of peaceful rest Scripture: Hebrews 4:9 Used With Tune: WOODLAND
The Heavenly Rest
There is a glorious world on high
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Blessedness future, anticipated Lyrics: 1 There is a glorious world on high,
Resplendent with eternal day;
Faith views the blissful prospect nigh,
While God's own word reveals the way.
2 How blest are those, how truly wise,
Who learn and keep the sacred road!
Happy the men whom heaven employs
To turn rebellious hearts to God!
3 The shining firmament shall fade,
And sparkling stars resign their light:
But these shall know nor change nor shade,
For ever fair, for ever bright.
4 On wings of faith and strong desire,
Oh, may our spirits daily rise;
And reach at last the shining choir,
In the bright mansions of the skies!
There is a glorious world on high
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