Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How happy every child of grace
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Charles Wesley
Composer: Isaac Tucker
Meter: CM
Tune: Carendom
Hymn Number: 267
Page Number: 088, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW happy every child of grace,
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place-
I seek my home in heaven.
A country far from mortal sight,
Yet O, by faith, I see
The land of rest, the saint's delight,
The heaven prepared for me.
O what a blessed hope is ours!
While here on earth we stay,
We more than taste the heavenly powers,
And antedate that day.
We feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed,
And with his glorious presence here,
Our earthen vessels filled.