Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Burst ye emerald gates and bring
Topic: Christ/The Ascension
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 7s 6s and 7s
Tune: Merdin
Hymn Number: 151
Page Number: 060, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBurst, ye emerald gates, and bring
To my raptured vision
All th' ecstatic joys that spring
Round the bright elysian;
Lo! we lift our longing eyes,
Break, ye intervening skies,
Sons of righteousness arise,
Open the gates of paradise.
Floods of everlasting light
Freely flash before him;
Myriads, with supreme delight,
Instantly adore him;
Trumpets loud resound his fame;
Lutes of lucid gold proclaim
All the music of his name;
Heaven resounding with the theme.
Hark! the thrilling symphonies
Seem, methinks, to seize us;
Join we too the holy lays--
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!
Sweetest sound in seraph's song,
Sweetest note on moral tongue,
Sweetest carol ever sung--
Jesus, Jesus, flow along.