Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Heavenly Joy on Earth Lyrics: 1 Glory to God that walks the Sky,
And sends his Blessings through;
That tells his Saints of Joys on high,
And gives a Taste below.
[2 Glory to God, that stoops his Throne,
That Dust and Worms may see't,
And brings a Glimpse of Glory down
Around his sacred Feet.
3 When Christ, with all his Graces crown'd,
Sheds his kind Beams abroad,
'Tis a young Heav'n on earthly Ground,
And Glory in the Bud.
4 A blooming Paradise of Joy
In this wild Desart springs;
And ev'ry Sense I strait employ
On sweet celestial Things.
5 White Lilies all around appear,
And each his Glory shews;
The Rose of Sharon blossoms here,
The fairest Flow'r that blows.
6 Chearful I feast on heav'nly fruit,
And drink the Pleasures down,
Pleasures that flow hard by the Foot
Of the Eternal Throne.]
7 But ah! how soon my Joys decay,
How soon my Sins arise,
And snatch the heav'nly Scene away
From these lamenting Eyes!
8 When shall the Time, dear Jesus, when
The shining Day appear,
That I shall leave those Clouds of Sin,
And Guilt and Darkness here?
9 Up to the Fields above the Skies
My hasty Feet would go,
There, everlasting Flow'rs arise,
And Joys unwith'ring grow.
Glory to God that walks the Sky
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