Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Children of the heav'nly King
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 49
Page Number: 063, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCHILDREN of the heav'nly King
As ye journey sweetly sing;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.
We are traveling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod;
They are happy now and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
Shout ye little flock, and blest,
You near Jesus' throne shall rest;
There your seats are now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.
Fear not, brethren, joyful stand
On the borders of our land:
Jesus Christ, our Father's son,
Bids you undismayed go on.
O, ye banished seed, be glad!
Christ our advocate is made;
Us to save, our flesh assumes
Brother to our souls becomes.
Lord! Obediently we'll go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only thou our leader be,
And we still will follow thee!