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Heaven Within

Representative Text

1 We press on o'er life's rugged pathway, and wait
The summons to enter the beautiful gate,
It opens before us to saints as they win,
We catch the sweet chorus of Heaven within.

Refrain:
Heaven within, Heaven within,
O grant us, dear Savior, this Heaven within.

2 How heavy the heart with its burden of care,
How patient the spirit that waits unto prayer,
That leaves at its cross foot, its weakness and sin,
And strengthened for all things, has Heaven within. [Refrain]

3 The storm-clouds of sorrow may darken the day,
The lamp of the Christian is burning alway;
He sees by its glimmer, the love that hath been
His guide and his solace, his Heaven within [Refrain]

4 Dear Savior, we ask not that storms be o'er past,
But only a rest in thy haven at last;
That we may be number'd with those who shall win.
Who bear thro' this earth-life, a Heaven within. [Refrain]


Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #104

Author: Sophia T. Griswold

Sophia (Paulina) Taylor Griswold Canada/USA 1828-1903. Born in Canada, she moved to the U.S. and lived in Chicago, IL. She married Dr William R Griswold, a native of New York, and they had one daughter, Eva. She was a poet who wrote hymn lyrics for tunes composed by hymnists George Root, Philip Bliss, George Stebbins and others. She died in Chicago. John Perry  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We press on over life's rugged pathway, and wait
Title: Heaven Within
Author: Sophia T. Griswold
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Heaven within, Heaven within
Copyright: Public Domain

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