Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Beyond the glitt'ring starry sky
Topic: Ascension of Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 49
Page Number: 077, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBEYOND the glitt'ring starry sky,
Which God's right hand sustains,
There, in the boundless world of light,
Our great Redeemer reigns.
Legions of angels, strong and fair,
In countless armies shine
At his right hand, with golden harps,
To offer songs divine.
Hail, Prince! they cry, for ever hail!
Whose unexampled love
Mov'd thee to quit these blissful realms
And royalties above!
While from the sons of men on earth
He suffer'd rude disdain,
They threw their honors at his feet,
And waited in his train.
Through all his travels here below
They did his steps attend;
Oft gaz'd, and wonder'd where at length
This scene of love would end.
They heard him in the garden groan,
And saw his sweat of blood;
They saw his pierced hands and feet
Nail'd to the cursed wood.
They saw him break the bars of death,
Which none e'er broke before,
And rise in conq'ring majesty,
To stoop to death no more.
They brought his chariot from above,
To bear him to his throne;
And with a shout exulting cried,
The glorious work is done!