Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: When for eternal worlds we steer
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune: Sonnet
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 250, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen for eternal worlds we steer,
And seas are calm, and skies are clear,
And faith in lively exercise,
And distant hills of Canaan rise,
My soul for joy then claps her wings,
And loud her lovely sonnet sings,
"Vain world, adieu! Vain world, adieu!"
And loud her lovely sonnet sings,
"Vain world, adieu!"
With cheerful hope her eyes explore
Each landmark on the distant shore,
The trees of life, the pastures green,
The golden streets, the crystal stream;
Again for joy she claps her wings,
And loud her lovely sonnet, sings,
"I'm going home."
The nearer still she draws to land,
More eager still her powers expand;
With steady helm, and free-bent sail,
Her anchor drops within the vail.
And now for joy she folds her wings
And her celestial sonnet sings,
"I'm safe at home."
Now safely moor'd, no storms I fear,
My God, my Christ, my heaven are here,
And all the joys of Paradise
In loveliness and beauty rise.
'Tis now the soul, with folded wing,
Her thrilling notes of joy shall sing,
"Glory to God!"