Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heav'n
Topic: Christian Privileges and Honors
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 35
Page Number: 110, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEarth has a joy unknown in heav'n-
The new-born joy of sins forgiv'n!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
O angels, never dimm'd your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And ev'ning folds her drooping wings.
Bright heralds of the Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfil;
Or, thron'd in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in his presence play.
Loud is the song-the heav'nly plain
Is shaken with the choral strain-
And dying echoes, floating far,
Draw music from each chiming star.
But I amid your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine;
You on your harps must learn to hear
A secret chord that mine will bear.