O Lord, how great is the delight

1 O Lord, how great is the delight,
To see thy lovely face!
To dwell whole ages in thy sight,
And feel thy vital rays!

2 This Gabriel knows, and sings thy name,
With rapture on his tongue;
Moss the saint enjoys the same,
While heaven repeats the song.

3 While the bright nations sound thy praise
From each eternal hill,
Sweet odors of exhaling grace,
The happy regions fill.

4 Thy love, a sea without a shore,
Spreads life and joy abroad;
O' tis a heaven worth dying for,
To see a smiling God.

5 Show me thy face, and I'll away,
From all inferior things;
Speak, Lord, and here I quit my clay,
And stretch my airy wings.

Source: The Christian Hymn-Book, compiled and published at the request of the Miami Christian Conference #131