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Gliding Swiftly By

Author: D. Nelson Appears in 604 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal Nearing Home First Line: My days are gliding swiftly by Refrain First Line: For O, we stand on Jordan's strand Lyrics: 1 My days are gliding swiftly by, And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly These hours of toil and danger; Chorus: For O, we stand on Jordan's strand, And soon we'll all pass over; And just before, the shining shore, We may almost discover. 2 We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear, Our distant home discerning; Our absent Lord has left us word, Let ev'ry lamp be burning. [Chorus] 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, We need not cease our singing; That perfect rest naught can molest, Where golden harps are ringing. [Chorus] 4 Let sorrow's rudest tempests blow, Each cord on earth to sever, Our King says, Come, and there's our home, Forever, O, forever! [Chorus] Used With Tune: SHINING SHORE

O Paradise!

Author: F. W. Faber, D. D. Appears in 462 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal First Line: O Paradise! O Paradise! Refrain First Line: Where loyal hearts and true Lyrics: 1. O Paradise! O Paradise! Who doth not crave for rest? Who would not seek the happy land Where they that love are blest? Refrain: Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture thro' and thro', In God's most holy sigh. 2. O Paradise! O Paradise! The world is growing old; Who would not be at rest and free Where love is never cold? [Refrain] 3. O Paradise! O Paradise! I want to sin no more; I want to be as pure on earth As on thy spotless shore. [Refrain] 4. O Paradise! O Paradise! I would so faithful be, That when my race on earth has run That race may end in thee. [Refrain] Used With Tune: PARADISE

Pray for Reapers

Author: Maxwell Appears in 81 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal Harvest Time First Line: Saints of God, the dawn is bright'ning Lyrics: 1 Saints of God, the dawn is bright'ning, Tokens of the coming Lord; O'er the earth the fields are whit'ning, Louder rings the Master's word: Pray for reapers, Pray for reapers, In the harvest of the Lord. 2 Feebly now they toil in sadness, Weeping o'er the waste around, Slowly gath'ring grains of gladness, While their echoing cries resound: Pray that reapers, Pray that reapers, In God's harvest may abound. 3 Now, O Lord, ful fill thy pleasure, Breathe upon thy chosen band, And with pentecostal measure, Send forth reapers in our land; Faithful reapers, Faithful reapers, Gath'ring sheaves for thy right hand. 4 Soon shall end the time of weeping, Soon the reaping time will come, Heav'n and earth together keeping God's eternal harvest home; Saints and angels, Saints and angels, Shout the world's great harvest home. Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Harvest Home

Author: Jane M. Campbell; F. E. B. Appears in 465 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal Harvest Time First Line: We plough the fields and scatter Refrain First Line: All good gifts around us Lyrics: 1 We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes, and the sunshine, And soft, refreshing rain. Chorus: All good gifts around us, Are sent from heav'n above, Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord, For all His wondrous love. 2 We thank Thee, loving Father, For all things bright and good, The seed time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food. No wealth have we to offer, For all Thy love imparts, But that which Thou desirest, Our humble, thankful hearts. Chorus: Best of all Thy blessings, To earth the Saviour came, That we may rise and win the prize, Of endless life with Him. 3 Shall we not give for others, As God to us has giv'n, Own all mankind as brothers, And help them on to heav'n? We bring our offrings gladly, And speed the message on, Of Christ and His salvation, To all beneath the sun. Chorus: Quickly, blessed Master, O may Thy kingdom come! At Thy command, in ev'ry land, We speed the "harvest home." Used With Tune: DRESDEN

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Author: J. M. B. Appears in 473 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal Meeting in Heaven First Line: When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more Lyrics: 1. When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the morning breaks eternal, bright and fair; When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. Chorus: When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. 2. On that bright and cloudless morning, when the dead in Christ shall rise, And the glory of His resurrection share; When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies, And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Chorus] 3. Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care, Then, when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done, And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more]

Marching to Zion

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,838 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Lyrics: 1. Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known, Join in a song with sweet accord, Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne, And thus surround the throne. Chorus: We're marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion; We're marching upward to Zion, The beautiful city of God. 2. Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God; But children of the heav'nly King, But children of the heav'nly King, May speak their joys abroad, May speak their joys abroad. [Chorus] 3. The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Or walk the golden streets, Or walk the golden streets. [Chorus] 4. Then let our song abound, And ev'ry tear be dry; We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground, We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high, To fairer worlds on high. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Come, we that love the Lord]

Watchful at His Gate

Author: Philip Doddridge Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal Waiting for Christ First Line: Ye servants of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait; Observant of his heavn'ly word, And watchful at his gate. Observant of his heav'nly word, And watchful at his gate. 2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame; Gird up your loins as in his sight; His coming thus proclaim. Gird up your loins as in his sight; His coming thus proclaim. 3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's command, And while we speak, he's near; Mark the first signal of his hand, And ready all appear. Mark the first signal of his hand, And ready all appear. 4 O, happy servant he, In such a posture found! He shall his Lord with rapture see, And be with honor crown'd. He shall his Lord with rapture see, And be with honor crown'd. Used With Tune: EL KADER

Above These Shades

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 165 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal First Line: O could our thoughts and wishes fly Lyrics: 1. O could our thoughts and wishes fly, Above these gloomy shades, To those bright worlds beyond the sky, Where sorrow ne'er invades! 2. There, joys unseen by mortal eyes, Or reason's feeble ray, In ever blooming prospect rise, Exposes to no decay. 3. Lord, send a beam of light divine, To guide our upward aim; With one reviving look of thine, Our languid hearts inflame. 4. O then, on faith's sublimest wing, Our ardent souls shall rise, To those bright scenes where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. Used With Tune: COVENTRY

The Better Land

Author: Gurdon Robins Appears in 170 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal First Line: There is a land mine eyes hath seen Refrain First Line: Oh, land of love, of joy and light Lyrics: 1. There is a land mine eye hath seen In visions of enraptured tho't, So bright, that all which spreads between Is with its radiant glories fraught. Chorus: Oh, land of love, of joy and light Thy glories gild earth's darkest night; Thy tranquil shore, we, too, shall see, When day shall break and shadows flee. 2. A land upon whose blissful shore There rests no shadow, falls no stain; There those who meet shall part no more, And those long parted meet again. [Chorus] 3. Its skies are not like earthly skies, With varying hues of shade and light; It hath no need of suns, to rise To dissipate the gloom of night. [Chorus] 4. There sweeps no desolating wind Across the calm, serene abode. The wand'rer there a home may find Within the paradise of God. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [There is a land mine eye hath seen]

Who Are These?

Author: H. T. Schenck Appears in 149 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal First Line: Who are these like stars appearing Lyrics: 1. Who are these like stars appearing, These, before God's throne who stand? Each a golden crown is wearing, Who are all this glorious band? Alleluia! hark, they sing, Praising loud their heav'nly King. 2. These are they who have contended For their Saviour's honor long, Wrestling on till life was ended, Foll'wing not the sinful throng: Alleluia! hark, they sing, Praising loud their heav'nly King. 3. These are they whose hearts were riven, Sore with woe and anguish tried, Who in pray'r full oft have striven With the God they glorified: Alleluia! hark, they sing, Praising loud their heav'nly King. Used With Tune: NEANDER