Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Rise my soul and stretch thy wings
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s peculiar
Tune: Amsterdam
Hymn Number: 237
Page Number: 091, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things,
Toward heaven, thy native place;
Sun, and moon, and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above!
Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's born of God
Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.
Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn;
Press onward to the prize;
Soon your Savior will return
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given--
All your sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heaven.