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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)

Rapturous anticipation

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 12.9 Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated First Line: Come, let us ascend Scripture: Revelation 5:6

"Till He Come"!

Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 254 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated First Line: "Till he come"! O let the words Lyrics: 1 "Till he come!" O let the words linger on the trembling chords; let the little while between in their golden light be seen; let us think how heav'n and home lie beyond that "Till he come." 2 When the weary ones we love enter on their rest above, seems the earth so poor and vast, all our life-joy overcast? Hush, be ev'ry murmur dumb: it is only till he come. 3 Clouds and conflicts round us press: would we have one sorrow less? All the sharpness of the cross, all that tells the world is loss, death and darkness, and the tomb, Only whisper "Till he come." 4 See, the feast of love is spread, drink the wine, and break the bread: sweet memorials, till the Lord call us round his heav'nly board; some from earth, from glory some, severed only till he come. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: REDHEAD 76

When I can read my title clear

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,231 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage And fiery darts be hurled, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, and storms of sorrow fall, May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all. 4 There I shall bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. Amen. Used With Tune: BROWN

There is a land of pure delight

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,405 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never with'ring flow'rs; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heav'nly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. 4 But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross this narrow sea; And linger, shivering, on the brink, And fear to launch away. 5 O could we make our doubts remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes; 6 we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. Amen. Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:22 Used With Tune: MEDITATION

The sands of time are sinking

Author: Anne R. Cousin; Samuel Rutherford, 1600-1661 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.5 Appears in 317 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 The sands of time are sinking, The dawn of heaven breaks, The summer morn I've sighed for, The fair sweet morn awakes; Dark, dark hath been the midnight, But day-spring is at hand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land. 2 The King there in his beauty Without a veil is seen; It were a well-spent journey Though sev'n deaths lay between: The Lamb with his fair army Doth on Mount Zion stand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land. 3 O Christ, he is the fountain, The deep sweet well of love! The streams on earth I've tasted More deep I'll drink above: There to an ocean fulness His mercy doth expand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Emmanuel's land. 4 The bride eyes not her garment, But her dear bridegroom's face; I will not gaze at glory, But on my King of grace; Not at the crown he gifteth, But on his pierced hand: The Lamb is all the glory Of Emmanuel's land. Amen. Scripture: Revelation 22:4 Used With Tune: RUTHERFORD

My Jesus, I Love Thee

Author: William R. Featherstone Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,096 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated First Line: My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine Lyrics: 1 My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; for thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 2 I love thee because thou hast first loved me, and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree. I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 3 I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death; and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath; and say, when the death-dew lies cold on my brow: if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. 4 In mansions of glory and endless delight, I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright; I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow: if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. Scripture: 1 John 4:19 Used With Tune: CARITAS

Children of the heavenly King

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,184 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: INNOCENTS

Savior, Blessed Savior

Author: Godfrey Thring Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 329 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing; hearts and voices raising praises to our King: all we have we offer, all we hope to be, body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to thee. 2 Nearer, ever nearer, Christ we draw to thee, deep in adoration, bending low the knee; thou for our redemption cam'st on earth to die; thou, that we might follow, hast gone up on high. 3 Great and ever greater, are thy mercies here; true and everlasting are the glories there, where no pain nor sorrow, fear nor care, is known, where the angel legions circle round thy throne. 4 Higher then, and higher, bear the ransomed soul, earthly toils forgotten - Savior, to its goal; where, in joys unthought of, saints with angels sing, never weary, raising praises to their King. Scripture: Romans 13:11 Used With Tune: HERMAS

Gently, Lord

Author: Thomas Hastings (1781-1872) Appears in 483 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated First Line: Gently, Lord, O gently lead us Scripture: Exodus 13:21-22 Used With Tune: AUTUMN

There is a house not made with hands

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 210 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Lyrics: 1 There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high; And here my spirit waiting stands, And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. 2 Shortly this prison of my clay Must be dissolved and fall, Then, O my soul! with joy obey Then, O my soul! with joy obey Thy Heavenly Father's call. 3 'Tis He, by His almighty grace, That forms thee fit for heaven, And as an earnest of the place, And as an earnest of the place, Has His own Spirit given. 4 We walk by faith of joys to come, Faith lives upon His word; But while the body is our home, But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. Amen. Used With Tune: TAPPAN

Watchman, Tell Me

Author: Sidney S. Brewer Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: Watchman, tell me, does the morning Lyrics: 1 Watchman, tell me, does the morning Of fair Zion’s glory dawn; Have the signs that mark His coming Yet upon thy pathway shone? Pilgrim, yes, arise, look round thee, Light is breaking in the skies; Spurn the unbelief that bound thee, Morning dawns, arise, arise! 2 Pilgrim, in that golden city, Seated in the jasper throne, Zion’s King, arrayed in beauty, Reigns in peace from zone to zone; There, on verdant hills and mountains, Where the golden sunbeams play, Purling streams and crystal fountains Sparkle in th’ eternal day. 3 Pilgrim, see, the light is beaming Brighter still upon thy way; Signs through all the earth are gleaming, Omens of the coming day, When the last loud trumpet, sounding, Shall awake from earth and sea All the saints of God now sleeping, Clad in immortality! 4 Watchman, lo, the land we’re nearing With its vernal fruits and flow’rs! On just yonder, oh, how cheering! Bloom forever Eden’s bow’rs; Hark, the choral strains are ringing, Wafted on the balmy air! See the millions, hear them singing! Soon the pilgrims will be there. Scripture: Isaiah 21:11 Used With Tune: WATCHMAN

Thus Saith the Mercy of the Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Heaven anticipation of Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the mercy of the Lord: "I'll be a God to thee; I'll bless thy numerous race, and they shall be a seed to me." 2 Abram believed the promised grace and gave his child to God, but water seals the blessing now that once was sealed with blood. 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, to our forefathers giv'n; he takes young children to his arms, and calls them heirs of heav'n. 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways! His love endures the same; nor from the promise of his grace blots out his children's name. 5 Thus to the parents and their seed shall thy salvation come; and numerous households meet at last in one eternal home. Scripture: Genesis 17:7 Used With Tune: I DO BELIEVE

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

When the Mists Have Rolled Away

Author: Annie H. Barker Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: When the mists have rolled in splendor Refrain First Line: We shall know, as we are known Lyrics: 1 When the mists have rolled in splendor From the beauty of the hills, And the sunlight falls in gladness On the rivers and the rills, We recall our Father’s promise In the rainbow of the spray: We shall know each other better When the mists have rolled away. Refrain: We shall know, as we are known, Nevermore to walk alone, In the dawning of the morning Of that bright and happy day, We shall know each other better, When the mists have rolled away. 2 Oft we tread the path before us With a weary, burdened heart; Oft we toil amid the shadows, And our fields are far apart; But the Savior’s “Come, ye blessed” All our labor will repay, When we gather in the morning Where the mists have rolled away. [Refrain] 3 We shall come with joy and gladness, We shall gather round the throne; Face to face with those that love us, We shall know as we are known; And the song of our redemption Shall resound through endless day, When the shadows have departed, And the mists have rolled away. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Used With Tune: [When the mists have rolled in splendor] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/When_the_Mists_Have_Rolled_Away); The Salvation Army, Songs and Music, 1922 (230); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/h/e/whenmist.htm)

Upward where the stars are burning

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 139 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: BONAR

For thee, O dear, dear country

Author: Bernard of Cluny; John M. Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 272 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: THE HOMELAND Text Sources: arr: v. 5 recast in "Hymns Ancient and Modern," 1861

When We All Get to Heaven

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 305 hymnals Topics: Heavenly Home Anticipation First Line: Sing the wondrous love of Jesus Used With Tune: [Sing the wondrous love of Jesus]

The day is gently sinking to a close

Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 148 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Used With Tune: NACHTLIED

Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings

Author: Robert Seagrave Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 807 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

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

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned

Author: Samuel Stennett Appears in 902 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Upon the Saviour's brow; His head with radiant glories crowned, His lips with grace o'er flow, His lips with grace o'er flow. 2 No mortal can with him compare, Among the sons of men; Fairer is he than all the fair That fill the heav'nly train, That fill the heav'nly train. 3 He saw me plunged in deep distress, He flew to my relief; For me he bore the shameful cross, And carried all my grief, And carried all my grief. 4 To him I owe my life and breath, And all the joys I have; He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave, And saves me from the grave. 5 To heav'n, the place of his abode, He brings my weary feet; Shows me the glories of my God, And makes my joys complete. And makes my joys complete. 6 Since from his bounty I receive Such proofs of love divine, Had I a thousand hearts to give, Lord, they should all be thine, Lord, they should all be thine. Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 2:9 Used With Tune: ORTONVILLE

For ever with the Lord

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Appears in 632 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated First Line: Forever with the Lord Scripture: John 14:3 Used With Tune: GREENWOOD

My days are gliding swiftly by

Author: David Nelson Appears in 598 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Lyrics: 1 My days are gliding swiftly by, And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as the fly, Those hours of toil and danger: Refrain: For now we stand on Jordan's strand; Our friends are passing over; And, just before, the shining shore We may almost discover. 2 Our absent King the watchword gave, "Let every lamp be burning;" We look afar across the wave, Our distant home discerning. [Refrain] 3 Should coming days be dark and cold, We will not yield to sorrow, For hope will sing with courage bold, "There's glory on the morrow." [Refrain] 4 Let storms of woe in whirlwinds rise, Each chord on earth to sever, There--bright and joyous in the skies-- There is our home forever. [Refrain] Amen. Used With Tune: SHINING SHORE

The Great Physician

Author: Rev. William Hunter Meter: Irregular Appears in 703 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated First Line: The great Physician now is near Scripture: Matthew 9:12 Used With Tune: SERAPH

I would not live alway

Author: Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796-1877) Appears in 702 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated; Heaven Anticipated First Line: I would not live alway; I ask not to stay Scripture: Philippians 1:23 Used With Tune: FREDERICK

Saved by Grace

Author: Frances J. Crosby Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 208 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: Some day the silver cord will break Refrain First Line: And I shall see Him face to face Lyrics: 1 Some day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But, oh, the joy when I shall wake Within the palace of the King! Refrain: And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace. 2 Some day my earthly house will fall; I cannot tell how soon ’twill be; But this I know— my All in All Has now a place in heav’n for me. [Refrain] 3 Some day, when fades the golden sun Beneath the rosy tinted west, My blessed Lord will say, “Well done!” And I shall enter into rest. [Refrain] 4 Some day: till then I’ll watch and wait, My lamp all trimmed and burning bright, That when my Savior opes the gate, My soul to Him may take its flight. [Refrain] Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 Used With Tune: [Someday the silver cord will break] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Saved_by_Grace)

Asleep in Jesus

Author: Margaret Mackay Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,063 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep Lyrics: 1 Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep, From which none ever wakes to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose, Unbroken by the last of foes. 2 Asleep in Jesus! Oh, how sweet, To be for such a slumber meet, With holy confidence to sing That death has lost his venomed sting! 3 Asleep in Jesus! Peaceful rest, Whose waking is supremely blest; No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour That manifests the Savior’s pow’r. 4 Asleep in Jesus! Oh, for me May such a blessed refuge be! Securely shall my ashes lie, And wait the summons from on high. 5 Asleep in Jesus! Far from thee Thy kindred and their graves may be; But there is still a blessed sleep, From which none ever wakes to weep. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20 Used With Tune: REST (BRADBURY) Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Asleep_in_Jesus); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (118)

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Author: Phoebe Cary Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 706 hymnals Topics: Anticipation Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o’er and o’er; Near’r to my home today am I Than e’er I’ve been before. 2 Nearer my Father’s house, Where many mansions be; Nearer today, the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea. 3 Nearer the bound of life Where burdens are laid down; Nearer to leave the heavy cross, Nearer to gain the crown. 4 But lying dark between, Winding down through the night, Is the deep and unknown stream To be crossed ere we reach the light. 5 Father, perfect my trust! Strengthen my pow’r of faith! Nor let me stand, at last, alone Upon the shore of death. 6 Be Thee near when my feet Are slipping o’er the brink; For it may be I’m nearer home, Nearer now than I think. Scripture: John 14:2 Used With Tune: DULCE DOMUM Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/One_Sweetly_Solemn_Thought)

Shall We Gather at the River?

Author: Robert Lowry Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 754 hymnals Topics: Anticipation First Line: Shall we gather at the river Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll gather at the river Lyrics: 1 Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel feet have trod, With its crystal tide forever Flowing by the throne of God? Refrain: Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river; Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God. 2 On the margin of the river, Washing up its silver spray, We will talk and worship ever, All the happy golden day. [Refrain] 3 Ere we reach the shining river, Lay we every burden down; Grace our spirits will deliver, And provide a robe and crown. [Refrain] 4 At the smiling of the river, Mirror of the Savior’s face, Saints, whom death will never sever, Lift their songs of saving grace. [Refrain] 5 Soon we’ll reach the silver river, Soon our pilgrimage will cease; Soon our happy hearts will quiver With the melody of peace. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 22:1-2 Used With Tune: HANSON PLACE Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Shall_We_Gather_at_the_River); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/w/swgatriv.htm); Hymns for His Praise: Number 2 Revised, 1906 (79)

The Sweet By and By

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Appears in 666 hymnals Topics: Time and Eternity Anticipation First Line: There's a land that is fairer than day Refrain First Line: In the sweet by and by Used With Tune: [There's a land that is fairer than day]

Tarry with me, O my Saviour

Author: Caroline L. Smith Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 238 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER Text Sources: "Plymouth Coll.," 1855, and "Songs of the Church," 1862 (recast in)

Blessed are the sons of God

Author: Joseph Humphreys Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 207 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: ROSEFIELD

Since Jesus is my Friend

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: GREENWOOD

It is not death to die

Author: H. A. César Malan; George W. Bethune Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 178 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Used With Tune: GREENWOOD

A few more years shall roll

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 382 hymnals Topics: Death Anticipated Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER

Weary of earth, and laden with my sin

Author: Samuel J. Stone Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 219 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Weary of earth, and laden with my sin, I look at heav'n and long to enter in; But there no evil thing may find a home; And yet I hear a voice that bids me "Come." 2 So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand In the pure glory of that holy land? Before the whiteness of that throne appear? Yet there are hands stretched out to draw me near. 3 The while I fain would tread the heav'nly way, Evil is ever with me day by day; Yet on mine ears the gracious tidings fall, "Repent, confess, thou shalt be loosed from all." 4 It is the voice of Jesus that I hear; His are the hands stretched out to draw me near, And his the blood that can for all atone And set me faultless there before the throne. 5 O great Absolver, grant my soul may wear The lowliest garb of penitence and prayer, That in the Father's courts my glorious dress May be the garment of thy righteousness. 6 Yea, thou wilt answer for me, righteous Lord; Thine all the merits, mine the great reward; Thine the sharp thorns, and mine the golden crown; Mine the life won, and thine the life laid down. Amen. Scripture: Matthew 11:28 Used With Tune: LANGRAN

Your harps, ye trembling saints

Author: Augustus M. Toplady Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 356 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take; Loud to the praise of love divine Bid ev'ry string awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far from home; And nearer to our house above We ev'ry moment come. 3 His grace will to the end Stronger and brighter shine; Nor present things, nor things to come, Shall quench the grace divine. 4 When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heav'nly flame, Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon his Name. 5 Soon shall our doubts and fears Subside at his control; His loving-kindness shall break through The midnight of the soul. 6 Blest is the man, O God, That stays himself on thee: Who wait for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 57:1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELWALD

Lo! what a glorious sight appears

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 288 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Lo! what a glorious sight appears To our admiring eyes! The former seas have passes away, The former earth and skies. 2 The God of glory down to men Removes his blest abode; He dwells with men; his people they, And he his people's God. 3 His gracious hand shall wipe the tear From ev'ry weeping eye; And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears, And death itself, shall die. 4 How long, dear Saviour, O how long Shall this bright hour delay? Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, And bring the welcome day! 5 O may we stand before the Lamb, When earth and seas are fled, And hear the Judge pronounce our name With blessings on our head! Amen. Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4 Used With Tune: CREDITON Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases,, 1751

I'm but a stranger here

Author: Thomas R. Taylor Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 627 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 I'm but a stranger here, Heav'n is my home; Earth is a desert drear, Heav'n is my home; Danger and sorrow stand Round me on ev'ry hand; Heav'n is my fatherland, Heav'n is my home. 2 What though the tempest rage, Heav'n is my home; Short is my pilgrimage, Heav'n is my home; And time's wild wintry blast Soon shall be over-past; I shall reach home at last, Heav'n is my home; 3 There, at my Saviour's side, Heav'n is my home; I shall be glorified, Heav'n is my home; There are the good and blest, Those I love most and best; And there I too shall rest, Heav'n is my home; 4 Therefore I murmur not, Heav'n is my home; Whate'er my earthly lot, Heav'n is my home; And I shall surely stand There at my Lord's right hand; Heav'n is my fatherland, Heav'n is my home. Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 11:13 Used With Tune: ST. EDMUND

Safe in the arms of Jesus

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 441 hymnals Topics: Heaven Anticipated Lyrics: 1 Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast, There by his love o'ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest. Hark! 'tis the voice of angels, Borne in a song to me, Over the fields of glory, Over the jasper sea. Refrain: Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast, There by his love o'ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest. 2 Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care, Safe from the world's temptations, Sin cannot harm me there. Free from the blight of sorrow, Free from my doubts and fears, Only a few more trials, Only a few more tears. [Refrain] 3 Jesus, my heart's dear Refuge, Jesus has died for me; Firm on the Rock of Ages Ever my trust shall be. Here let me wait with patience, Wait till the night is o'er, Wait till I see the morning Break on the golden shore. [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: Mark 10:16 Used With Tune: SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS

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