Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Have you heard have you heard of that sun-bright clime
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Squire
Meter: PM
Tune: Happy Clime
Hymn Number: 780
Page Number: 292, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHave you heard, have you heard of that sun-bright clime,
Undimmed by sorrow, unhurt by time
Where age hath no power o'er the fadeless frame,
Where the eye is fire, and the heart is flame-
Have you heard of that sun-bright clime?
A river of water gushes there,
'Mid flowers of beauty strangely fair,
And a thousand wings are hovering o'er
The dazzling wave and the golden shore,
That are seen in that sun-bright clime.
Millions of forms, all clothed in white,
In garments of beauty, clear and bright,
There dwell in their own immortal bowers,
"Mid fadeless hues of countless flowers,
That bloom in that sun-bright clime.
Ear hath not heard, and eye hath not see,
Their swelling songs, and their change-less sheen;
Their ensigns are waving, their banners unfurl,
O'er jasper walls and gates of pearl,
That are fixed in that sun-bright clime.
But far, far sway is that sinless clime,
Undimmed by sorrow, unhurt by time,
Where, amid all things bright and fair, is given,
The home of the just, and its name is heaven-
The name of that sun-bright clime.