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The Christian's Hope

How cheering is the Christian's hope

Author: Bessie Doolittle
Tune: EXHORTATION (Hibbard)
Published in 26 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 How cheering is the Christian’s hope,
While toiling here below!
It buoys us up while this passing through
This wilderness of woe,
It buoys us up while this passing through
This wilderness of woe.

2 It points us to a land of rest,
Where saints with Christ will reign;
Where we shall meet the loved of earth,
And never part again.
Where we shall meet the loved of earth,
And never part again.

4 Fly, lingering moments, fly, O, fly,
Dear Savior, quickly come!
We long to see Thee as Thou art,
And reach that blissful home.
We long to see Thee as Thou art,
And reach that blissful home.

Source: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #440

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Author: Bessie Doolittle

Doolittle, Bessie. (fl. 1850). An Advent Christian writer. --Doris Colby, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: How cheering is the Christian's hope
Title: The Christian's Hope
Author: Bessie Doolittle
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #2215
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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #440

Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #440
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Small Church Music #1217

Small Church Music #1217
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The Cyber Hymnal #2215

The Cyber Hymnal #2215
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