Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heav'n
Topic: The Christian's Hope Rank Honors and Future Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Song 321
Page Number: 389, 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,
O 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 heralds of th' Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfil;
Or, thron'd in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in his presence play.
Lord 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 you choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mind;
You on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine shall bear.