Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: The sun above us is gleaming
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Powell
Tune: Bearing the Cross
Hymn Number: 661
Page Number: 240, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe sun above us gleaming,
Is not the sun for me;
Though joyful be his beaming,
And beautiful to see;
There is a Sun of Righteousness
Who cheers and saves me by his grace,
All copious on me streaming,
Oh that's the sun for me.
All kings and lords of nations,
Are not the kings for me;
Too low their highest stations,
Too mean their dignity:
The King of kings and Lord of lords,
Almighty in his ways and words,
The word of his salvation-
Oh that's the king for me.
This house of death and mourning
Is not the house for me,
Where all to dust are turning,
In tears and agony;
But there's a house not made with hands,
It ever stood and ever stands
Beyond the world's last burning;
Oh that's the house for me.