Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Now let our souls on wings sublime
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Rothwell
Hymn Number: 633
Page Number: 230, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow let our soul, on wings sublime,
Rise from the vanities of time;
Draw back the parting vail, and see
The glories of eternity.
Born by new, celestial birth,
Why should we grovel here on earth?
Why grasp at vain and fleeting toys,
So near to heaven's eternal joys?
Shall aught beguile us on the road,
While we are walking back to God?
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.