Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Jesus is gone above the skies
Topic: The Lord's Supper
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 131
Page Number: 228, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS is gone above the skies,
Where our weak senses reach him not;
And carnal objects court our eyes
To thrust our Saviour from our thought.
He knows what wand'ring hearts we have,
Apt to forget his lovely face,
And to refresh our minds he gave
These kind memorials of his grace.
The Lord of life his table spread
With his own flesh and dying blood;
We on the rich provision feed,
We taste the wine and bless our God.
Let sinful sweets be all forgot,
And earth grow less in our esteem;
Christ and his love fill ev'ry thought,
And faith and hope be fix'd on him.
While he is absent from our sight,
'Tis to prepare for us a place;
That we may dwell in heav'nly light,
And live for ever near his face.
Our eyes look upward to the hills,
Whence our returning Lord shall come;
We wait his chariot's awful wheels
To fetch our longing spirits home.