Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Welcome ye hopeful heirs of heaven
Topic: Church/Hand of Fellowship
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 143
Page Number: 052, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWELCOME, ye hopeful heirs of heaven,
To this rich feast of gospel love;
This pledge is but the prelude given
To that immortal feast above.
How great the blessing, thus to meet,
According to our Saviour's word,
And hold, by faith, communion sweet
With our unseen, yet present, Lord!
And if so sweet this feast below,
What will it be to meet above,
Where all we see, and feel, and know,
Are fruits of everlasting love!
Soon shall we tune the heavenly lyre,
While listening worlds the song approve;
Eternity itself expire,
Ere we exhaust the theme of love.