Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heaven
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Migdol
Hymn Number: 297
Page Number: 110, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEarth has a joy unknown in heaven-
The new-born joy of sins forgiven!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
O angels! never dimmed your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And evening folds her drooping wings.
Bright heralds of the Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfill;
Or, throned in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in his presence play.
Loud is the song-the heavenly 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 your knowledge shall be mine,
You on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine shall bear.