Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: To Jesus the crown of my hope
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s
Tune: Somerset
Hymn Number: 592
Page Number: 215, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTo Jesus, the crown of my hope,
My soul is in haste to be gone;
Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up,
And waft me away to his throne.
My Savior, whom absent, I love,
Whom, not having seen, I adore;
Whose name is exalted above
All glory, dominion, and power!
Dissolve thou those bands that detain
My soul from her portion in thee,
Ah! strike off this adamant chain,
And make me eternally free.
When that happy era begins,
When arrayed in thy glories I shine,
Nor grieve any more, by my sins,
the bosom on which I recline;
Oh then shall the vail be removed!
And round me thy brightness be opened;
I shall meet him, whom absent I loved;
I shall see, whom unseen I adored.
And then, never more shall the fears,
The trials, temptations, and woes,
Which darken this valley of tears,
Intrude on my blissful repose.