Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: We speak of the realms of the blest (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest

Topic: Present and Future/Heaven

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: A Fillmore

Meter: 8s

Tune: Iowa (Stop)

Hymn Number: 772

Page Number: 286, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

We speak of the realms of the blest,

That country so bright and so fair,

And oft are its glories confessed,

But what must it be to be there?

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its pathways of gold,

Of its walls decked with jewels so rare

Of its wonders and pleasures untold,

But what, etc.



We speak of its freedom from sin,

From sorrow, temptation, and care,

From trials with-out and within,

But what, etc.



O Lord, in this valley of woe,

Our spir-its for heaven prepare;

Then short-ly we al-so shall know

And feel what it is to be there,

And feel what it is to be there.