Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: When for eternal worlds we steer
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM with chorus
Tune: Sonnet
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 072, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen for eternal worlds we steer,
And seas are calm, and skies are clear,
And faith in live-ly ex-er-cise,
And distant hills of Canaan rise,
My soul for joy she spreads her wings,
And loud her love-ly sonnet sings,
Vain world adieu, vain world a-dieu;
And loud her love-ly son-net sings,
Vain world a---dieu.
With cheerful hopes 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 spreads her wings, &c.
When nearer still she draws to land,
More eager all her powers expand,
With steady helm and free bent sail,
Her anchor drops within the veil.
O then for joy she spreads her wings,
And her celestial sonnet sings,
On Canaan's shore, &c.