Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Head of the church triumphant
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Tune: Head of the Chruch Triumphant
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Page Number: 288, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHead of the church triumphant,
We joyfully adore thee;
Till thou appear, thy members here
Shall sing like those in glory:
We lift our hearts and voices
With blest anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to God
The praise of our salvation.
While in afflictions' furnace,
And passing through the fire,
Thy love we praise, which knows no days,
And ever brings us higher:
We clap our hands exulting
In thine almighty favour;
The love divine, which made us thine,
Can keep us thine for ever.
Thou dost conduct thy people
Through torrents of temptation;
Nor will we fear,
While thou art near,
The fire of tribulation:
The world, with sin and Satan,
In vain our march opposes;
By thee we shall break through them all,
And sing the song of Moses.
By faith we see the glory,
To which thou shalt restore us,
And earth despise, for that high prize,
Which thou has set before us:
And if thou count us worthy,
We each, as dying Stephen,
Shall see thee stand at God's right hand,
To take us up to heaven.