Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Give me the hope of a blest life
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 87
Page Number: 092, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGive me the hope of a blest life,
Beyond this scene of toil and strife,
And I'll resign earth's gaudy toys
To those who seek no higher joys.
Yes, I would give up all to know,
That when I cease to dwell below,
I'll with my Saviour meet above,
In peace and everlasting love.
O happy day! O joys complete!
And all my friends I hope to meet,
Around the glorious throne of God,
No more to tread life's thorny road.
No more to part from kindred dear,
Or shed the sympathetic tear,
But join with the angelic throng,
To sing an everlasting song.