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The Unclouded Day

Author: J. K. A. Meter: 9.6.9.6.7.7.5.6 Appears in 209 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)

Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray

Author: Philip Doddridge; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 181 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

Come, We That Love the Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,797 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

O Mother dear, Jerusalem

Author: W. Prid; David Dickson, 1583-1663 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 623 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.

No Night There

Author: John R. Clements, 1868-1946 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 132 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

Jerusalem the Golden

Author: Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 914 hymnals Topics: Heaven anticipation of Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest, beneath your contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed. I know not, O I know not, what joys await us there; what radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare. 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, all jubilant with song, and bright with many an angel, and all the martyr throng. The Prince is ever in them, the daylight is serene; the pastures of the blessed are decked in glorious sheen. 3 There is the throne of David; and there, from care released, the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast; and they who with their Leader have conquered in the fight, forever and forever are clad in robes of white. 4 O sweet and blessed country, the home of God's elect! O sweet and blessed country that eager hearts expect! Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest; who are, with God the Father and Spirit, ever blest. Scripture: Revelation 21 Used With Tune: EWING

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)

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Author: J. M. B. Meter: 15.11.15.11.8.8.8.11 Appears in 445 hymnals Topics: Anticipation 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. Refrain: 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. [Refrain] 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. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 20:12 Used With Tune: [When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/When_the_Roll_Is_Called_Up_Yonder); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (507)

Abide With Me

Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 1,684 hymnals Topics: Heavenly Home Anticipation First Line: Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

The God of Abraham praise

Author: Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 454 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Yigdal (based on)