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How happy every child of grace
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #556 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for; Longing For Heaven Lyrics: 1 How happy every child of grace,
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in heaven:
A country far from mortal sight
Yet, O by faith I see
The land of rest, the saints' delight,
The heaven prepared for me.
2 A stranger in the world below,
I calmly sojourn here;
Nor can its happiness or woe
Provoke my hope or fear.
Its evils in a moment end,
Its joys as soon are past;
But, O the bliss to which I tend
Eternally shall last!
3 To that Jerusalem above
With singing I repair;
While in the flesh, my hope and love,
My heart and soul, are there:
There my exalted Saviour stands,
My merciful High Priest,
And still extends His wounded hands
To take me to His breast. Languages: English Tune Title: SPES CELESTIS
How happy every child of grace
Come, let us join our friends above
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #555 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for; Longing For Heaven Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our friends above
Who have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joys celestial rise.
Let all the saints terrestrial sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In earth and heaven, are one.
2 One family we dwell in Him,
One church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death:
One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of His host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
3 Even now by faith we join our hands
With those who went before;
And greet the blood-besprinkled bands
On the eternal shore.
Our spirits too shall quickly join,
Like theirs with glory crowned,
And shout to see our Captain's sign,
To hear His trumpet sound.
Languages: English Tune Title: MEADOWVALE
Come, let us join our friends above
Father! I long, I faint, to see
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1260 (1868) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Longing For Heaven
Father! I long, I faint, to see
Father! I long, I faint, to see
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary #1260 (1868) Topics: Longing For Heaven
Father! I long, I faint, to see
Jerusalem, my happy home
Author: J. Montgomery, 1771-1854 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #558 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for; Longing For Heaven Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labours have an end,
In joy, and peace, and Thee?
2 When shall these eyes Thy heaven-built walls
And pearly gates behold,
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?
3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,
Nor sin nor sorrow know:
Blest seats, through rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.
4 Why should I shrink at pain and woe,
Or feel at death dismay?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.
5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.
6 Jerusalem, my happy home,
My soul still pants for Thee!
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I Thy joys shall see.
Languages: English Tune Title: SOUTHWELL
Jerusalem, my happy home
I long to behold him arrayed
Author: C. Wesley Hymnal: Methodist Hymn-Book #629 (1884) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Life - The Hope of Heaven Longing for heaven Languages: English
I long to behold him arrayed
How long, O Lord?
Author: Bonar Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #1193 (1875) Topics: Longing For Heaven First Line: The church has waited long
How long, O Lord?
Far better
Author: Watts Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #1238 (1875) Topics: Longing For Heaven First Line: Father, I long, I faint to see Scripture: Philippians 1:23
Far better
To languish for his native air
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #477 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Longing for Heaven Lyrics: 1 To languish for his native air
Can the poor, wandering exile cease?
The tir'd his wish of rest forbear?
The tortur'd help desiring ease?
The slave no more for freedom sigh
Or I no longer pine to die?
2 As shipwreck'd mariners desire,
With eager grasp, to reach the shore
As hirelings long t'obtain their hire,
And veterans wish their warfare o'er;
I languish from this earth to flee,
And gasp for--immortality.
3 To heaven I left my mournful eyes,
And all within me groans, "how long?"
O were I landed in the skies!
The bitter loss, the cruel wrong,
Should there no more my soul molest,
Or break my everlasting rest.
4 O could I break this carnal fence,
Drop all my sorrows in the tomb,
On angel's wings remove from hence,
And fly this happy moment home,
Quit the dark house of mouldering clay,
And launch into eternal day! Scripture: Isaiah 51:14
To languish for his native air
Home! home! sweet, sweet home
Author: David Denham Hymnal: Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1054 (1891) Meter: 11 Topics: Heaven Longings for First Line: 'Mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints Scripture: Romans 13:11 Languages: English
Home! home! sweet, sweet home
Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #489 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for; Longing For Heaven Lyrics: 1 Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know,
If risen indeed with Him ye are,
Superior to the joys below,
His resurrection's power declare.
2 Your faith by holy tempers prove,
By actions show your sins forgiven;
And seek the glorious things above,
And follow Christ, your Head, to heaven.
3 There your exalted Saviour see,
Seated at God's right hand again,
In all His Father's majesty,
And everlasting might, to reign.
4 Your real life, with Christ concealed,
Deep in the Father's bosom lies;
And, glorious as your Head revealed,
Ye soon shall meet Him in the skies. Languages: English Tune Title: EDEN
Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know
The better portion
Author: Robert Seagrave Hymnal: Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1068 (1891) Meter: 7.6.7 Topics: Heaven Longings for First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:5-7 Languages: English
The better portion
Where is the Friend?
Hymnal: Sunday School Book #150 (1903) Topics: Hope Longing for heaven First Line: Where is the Friend for whom I'm ever yearning? Lyrics: 1 Where is the Friend for whom I'm ever yearning?
My longing grows when day to night is turning;
And though I find Him not as day recedeth,
My heart still pleadeth.
2 I know He's there in every force and power,
Where waves the harvest and where blooms the flower;
I'm ever in my breath and sighs so burning,
His love discerning.
3 When summer winds blow gently, then I hear Him;
Where sing the birds, where rush the streams, I'm near Him;
But better far when in my heart He blesses
Me with caresses.
4 And yet to hide Him oft a cloud prevaileth;
My prayer can reach Him, but my vision faileth.
Would I could see His face and heart so loving,
And cease my roving.
5 Oh, where such beauty is itself revealing
In all that lives, through all creation stealing.
What must the source be whence it comes, the Giver?
Beauty forever.
6 Oh, light and peace, salvation's sparkling fountain,
Shall I thy source behold from Zion's mountain?
Who brings me to thy rills in rapture plying?
A peaceful dying!
7 My soul, be strong! Hope, pray with self-denial!
The heavenly Friend submits Himself to trial:
So shalt thou find in Him, on Him depending,
Mercy unending.
8 Soon, in the harbor, where no waves are breaking,
Or like the weary dove her refuge taking,
Thou, timorous lamb, shalt by thy Shepherd's favor
Find rest for ever.
Where is the Friend?
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
Hymnal: Sunday School Book #151 (1903) Topics: Hope Longing for heaven Lyrics: 1 I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night;
Do not detain me, for I am going
To where the fountains are ever flowing:
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
2 There the glory is ever shining;
Oh, my longing heart, my longing heart is there;
Here in this country so dark and dreary:
I long have wandered, forlorn and weary:
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger,
I can tarry, I can tarry but a night.
3 Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is the light;
There is no sorrow, nor any sighing,
Nor any sinning, nor any dying:
Of the city to which I'm going
My Redeemer, my Redeemer is the light.
I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger
Leader of faithful souls, and Guide
Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #561 (1917) Topics: Longing For Heaven Lyrics: 1 Leader of faithful souls, and Guide
Of all who travel to the sky,
Come, and with us, even us, abide,
Who would on Thee alone rely;
On Thee alone our spirits stay,
While held in life's uneven way.
2 Strangers and pilgrims here below,
This earth, we know is not our place;
But hasten through the vale of woe,
And, restless to behold Thy face,
Swift to our heavenly country move,
Our everlasting home above.
3 We've no abiding city here,
But seek a city out of sight;
Thither our steady course we steer,
Aspiring to the plains of light,
Jerusalem, the saints' abode,
Whose founder is the living God.
4 Through Thee, who all our sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Zion we return,
Contending for our native heaven,
That palace of our glorious King,
We find it nearer while we sing.
5 Raised by the breath of love divine,
We urge our way with strength renewed;
The church of the first-born to join,
We travel to the mount of God;
With joy upon our heads arise,
And meet our Captain in the skies. Languages: English Tune Title: DURA
Leader of faithful souls, and Guide
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866; Bernard of Cluny (12th century) Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #567 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for Lyrics: 1 Brief life is here our portion;
Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
2 And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown;
But He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known;
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own.
3 The morning shall awaken,
The shadows shall decay,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day.
There God, our King and portion,
In fulness of His grace,
Shall we behold for ever,
And worship face to face.
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 art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest. Languages: English Tune Title: CHENIES
Brief life is here our portion
O mother dear, Jerusalem
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1264 (1868) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Longing For Heaven Scripture: Revelation 21:10
O mother dear, Jerusalem
O mother dear, Jerusalem
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary #1264 (1868) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Longing For Heaven Scripture: Revelation 21:10 Tune Title: RHINE
O mother dear, Jerusalem
Ardent hope of heavenly rest
Author: Philip Doddridge Hymnal: Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #78 (1891) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Heaven Longings for First Line: Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows Scripture: Hebrews 4:9 Languages: English
Ardent hope of heavenly rest
"For ever with the Lord!"
Author: J. Montgomery, 1771-1854 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #562 (1917) Topics: Heaven Longing for Lyrics: 1 "For ever with the Lord!"
Amen! so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
'Tis immortality!
Here is the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.
2 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near!
At times, to faith's unclouded eye,
Thy golden gates appear.
Ah! then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!
3 "For ever with the Lord!"
Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
Even here to me fulfil.
Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight, and I must prevail.
4 So when my latest breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne,
"For ever with the Lord!" Languages: English Tune Title: NEARER HOME
"For ever with the Lord!"
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