Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heaven
Topic: Christian/Gratitude
Writer: A Hillhouse
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Ward
Hymn Number: 172
Page Number: 060, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEARTH has a joy unknown in heaven-
The new-born joy of sins forgiven!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
O angels, never dimmed your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And evening folds her drooping wings.
Bright heralds of th' Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfill;
Or, throned in floods of beamy day,
Symphouious in his presence play.
But I amid your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine;
You on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine shall bear.