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The Unclouded Day
Author: J. K. A. Meter: 9.6.9.6.7.7.5.6 Appears in 210 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies Refrain First Line: Oh, the land of cloudless day Lyrics: 1 Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,
Oh, they tell me of a home far away;
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.
Refrain:
Oh, the land of cloudless day,
Oh, the land of an unclouded day,
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.
2 Oh, they tell me of a home where my friends have gone,
Oh, they tell me of that land far away,
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day. [Refrain]
3 Oh, they tell me of a King in His beauty there,
And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
Where He sits on the throne that is whiter than snow,
In the city that is made of gold. [Refrain]
4 Oh, they tell me that He smiles on His children there,
And His smile drives their sorrows all away;
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
In that lovely land of unclouded day. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 22:2 Used With Tune: [Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Unclouded_Day); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/u/n/uncloudd.htm)
The Unclouded Day
No Night There
Author: John R. Clements, 1868-1946 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 133 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated First Line: In the land of fadeless day Refrain First Line: God shall wipe away all tears Lyrics: 1 In the land of fadeless day
lies the city four-square;
it shall never pass away,
and there is no night there.
Refrain:
God shall wipe away all tears;
there's no death, no pain, nor fears;
and they count not time by years,
for there is no night there.
2 All the gates of pearl are made
in the city four-square;
all the streets with gold are laid,
and there is no night there. [Refrain]
3 And the gates shall never close
to the city four-square;
there life's crystal river flows,
and there is no night there. [Refrain]
4 There they need no sunshine bright,
in that city four-square;
for the Lamb is all the light,
and there is no night there. [Refrain]
Scripture: Revelation 21:16 Used With Tune: NO NIGHT THERE
No Night There
Come, We That Love the Lord
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,799 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known;
join in a song with sweet accord,
and thus surround the throne.
2 Let those refuse to sing
that never knew our God;
but children of the heav'nly King
may speak their joys abroad.
3 The men of grace have found
glory begun below;
celestial fruits on earthly ground
from faith and hope may grow.
4 The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets,
before we reach the heav'nly fields
or walk the golden streets.
5 Then let our songs abound,
and ev'ry tear be dry;
we're marching through Immanuel's ground
to fairer worlds on high.
Scripture: Psalm 149:2 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
Come, We That Love the Lord
Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray
Author: Philip Doddridge; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 182 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray,
in this your house, on this your day;
and own, as grateful sacrifice,
the songs which from your temple rise.
2 Now met to pray and bless your name,
whose mercies flow each day the same,
whose kind compassions never cease,
we seek instruction, pardon, peace.
3 Your earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,
but there's a nobler rest above;
to that our lab'ring souls aspire
with ardent hope and strong desire.
4 In thy blest kingdom we shall be
from ev'ry mortal trouble free;
no sighs shall mingle with the songs
Resounding from immortal tongues;
5 No rude alarms of raging foes;
no cares to break the long repose;
no midnight shade, no waning moon,
but sacred, high, eternal noon.
6 O long-expected day, begin,
dawn on these realms of woe and sin!
Break, morn of God, upon our eyes;
and let the world's true Sun arise!
Scripture: Matthew 12:8 Used With Tune: GERMANY
Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray
Anticipation
Author: C. W. N. Meter: 8.5.8.5.7.7.7.5 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: When the last earth-tie is sundered Lyrics: 1 When the last earth-tie is sundered,
And my soul set free;
When life’s cares and toils are numbered,
I shall haste to be
With my Lord, in realms of light,
Where no sin can ever blight,
Where ne’er comes the shades of night;
To His arms I’ll flee.
2 Often here I’m sad and weary,
As the days go by;
Oft the scenes are dark and dreary,
Teardrops dim my eye;
But when this short life is o’er,
We shall weep and sigh no more,
But rejoice forevermore
In our home on high.
3 Now I look with eager longing,
Where I soon shall stand,
Where the happy spirits thronging,
In the heav’nly band,
Taste the joys of love divine,
In refulgent glory shine—
This great heritage is mine,
In that happy land.
4 Shall I shrink at death’s cold river,
When on yonder shore
Stands of every good the Giver,
Whom I now adore?
Untold pleasures beckon me,
Untold joys by faith I see,
Untold happiness to be
Mine forevermore. Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14 Used With Tune: [When the last earth-tie is sundered] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Anticipation); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (457); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (191)
Anticipation
O Mother dear, Jerusalem
Author: W. Prid; David Dickson, 1583-1663 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 622 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 golden gates are lifted up
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 131 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 The golden gates are lifted up,
The doors are opened wide;
The King of Glory is gone in
Unto his Father's side.
2 Thou art gone up before us, Lord,
To make for us a place,
That we may be where now thou art,
And look upon God's face.
3 And ever on our earthly path
A gleam of glory lies,
A light still breaks behind the cloud
That veiled thee from our eyes.
4 Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds:
Let thy dear grace be giv'n,
That, while we wander here below,
Our treasure be in heav'n;
5 That where thou art, at God's right hand,
Our hope, our love, may be:
Dwell thou in us, that we may dwell
For evermore in thee.
Amen. Scripture: John 14:2 Used With Tune: MIRFIELD
The golden gates are lifted up
Forward! Be our watchword
Author: Henry Alford Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5.6.5 Appears in 343 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: FORWARD
Forward! Be our watchword
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 shall we meet again?
Author: Samuel F. Smith; Alaric A. Watts Appears in 346 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 When shall we meet again?--
Meet ne'er to sever?
When will peace wreathe her chain
Round us forever?
Our hearts will ne'er repose
Safe from each blast that blows,
In this dark vale of woes—
Never--no, never!
2 When shall love freely flow,
Pure as life's river?
When shall sweet friendship glow
Changeless forever?
Where joys celestial thrill,
Where bliss each heart shall fill,
And fears of parting chill,
Never--no, never!
3 Up to that world of light,
Take us, dear Saviour;
May we all there unite,
Happy forever:
Where kindred spirits dwell,
There may our music swell,
And time our joys dispel,
Never--no, never!
4 Soon shall we meet again--
Meet ne'er to sever;
Soon will peace wreathe her chain
Round us forever;
Our hearts will then repose
Secure from worldly woes;
Our songs of praise shall close
Never--no, never!
Amen. Used With Tune: UNITY
When shall we meet again?
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