Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: Now let our souls on wings sublime
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: CL
Page Number: 197, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow let our souls on wings sublime
Rise from the vanities of time;
Draw back the parting veil and see,
The glories of eternity.
Born by a new celestial birth,
Why should we grovel here on earth;
Why grasp at transitory toys,
So near to heav'n's eternal joys.
Shall ought beguile us on the road,
While we are walking home to God;
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.
Welcome sweet hour of full discharge,
That sets our longing souls at large;
Unbinds our chains, breaks up our cell,
And gives us with our God to dwell.
To dwell with God to feel his love,
Is the full heav'n enjoy'd above;
And the sweet expectation now,
Is the young down of heaven below.