Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: When strangers stand and hear me tell
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 313
Page Number: 341, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen strangers stand and hear me tell
What beauties in my Saviour dwell,
Where he is gone they fain would know,
That they might seek and love him too.
My best beloved keeps his throne
On hills of light in worlds unknown;
But he descends and shows his face
In the young gardens of his grace.
In vineyards planted by his hand,
Where fruitful trees in order stand,
He feeds among the spicy beds,
Where lilies show their spotless heads.
He has engross'd my warmest love,
No earthly charms my soul can move;
I have a mansion in his heart,
Nor death nor hell shall make us part.
He takes my soul ere I'm aware,
And shows me where his glories are:
No chariot of Amminadib
The heav'nly rapture can describe.
O may my spirit daily rise,
On wings of faith above the skies,
'Till death shall make my last remove,
To dwell forever with my love.