Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest
Topic: Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> Mills
Composer: A Fillmore
Meter: 8s
Tune: Iowa
Hymn Number: 535
Page Number: 187, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWE speak of the realms of the blest,
That country so bright and so fair,
And oft are its glories confessed:
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of it pathways of gold,
Of its walls decked with jewels so rare,
Of its wonders and pleasures untold:
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of its freedom from sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within:
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of its service of love,
The robes which the glorified wear,
The Church of the First-born above:
But what must it be to be there!
O Lord, in this valley of woe,
Our spirits for heaven prepare;
Then shortly we also shall know
And feel what it is to be there.