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Climbing Up the Golden Stairs

O my heart is full of music and of gladness, As on wings of love and faith I upward fly

Author: Emma Booth-Tucker
Tune: [O my heart is full of music and of gladness] (Tucker)
Published in 10 hymnals

Representative Text

1 O my heart is full of music and of gladness,
As on wings of love and faith I upward fly;
Not a shadow-cloud my Saviour’s face obscuring,
While I’m climbing to my homestead in the sky.

Refrain:
O I’m climbing up the golden stair to Glory,
O I’m climbing with my golden crown before me,
I am climbing in the light,
I am climbing day and night,
I shall shout with all my might when I get there!
O I’m climbing up the golden stair to Glory,
O I’m climbing with my golden crown before me,
I am climbing in the light,
I am climbing day and night,
I am climbing up the golden stair!

2 Every day it seems I want to love him better,
Every day it seems I want to serve him more,
Every day I strive to climb the ladder faster,
Every effort brings me nearer Canaan’s shore.

3 O the joy of getting others to climb with me!
Lost, despairing, broken-hearted, all may come;
Calvary-love has made the stair a very wide one;
Sinners, lay your burden down and hasten home.


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #369

Author: Emma Booth-Tucker

Emma Moss Booth (8 January 1860 – 28 October 1903) known as 'The Consul', was the fourth child and second daughter of Catherine and William Booth, the Founder of The Salvation Army. See also in: Wikipedia  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O my heart is full of music and of gladness, As on wings of love and faith I upward fly
Title: Climbing Up the Golden Stairs
Author: Emma Booth-Tucker
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, I'm climbing up the golden stair to glory
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #369

Include 9 pre-1979 instances
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