Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heav'n
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 396
Page Number: 242, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEarth has a joy unknown in heav'n --
The new-born joy of sins forgiv'n!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
LO angels! never dimm'd your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And ev'ning folds her drooping wings.
Bright herald of th' Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfill;
Or, thron'd in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in his presence play.
Loud is the song -- the heav'nly plain
Is shaken with the choral strain;
And dying echoes, floating far,
Draw music from each chiming star.
But I amid your choirs shall shine,
And all you knowledge shall be mine;
You on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine shall bear.