Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: O Lord how great is the delight
Topic: Rejoicing in God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 102
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO Lord, how great is the delight,
To see thy lovely face?
To dwell whole ages in thy sight
And feel thy vital rays!
This Gabriel knows, and signs thy name,
With rapture on his tongue;
Moses the saint enjoys the same,
While heaven repeats the song.
While the bright nations sound thy praise
From each eternal hill,
Sweet odours of exalting grace,
The happy regions fill.
Thy love, a sea without a shore,
Spreads life and joy abroad;
O 'tis a heaven worth dying for,
To see a smiling God.
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.