Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: We speak of the realms of the blest (FL)

Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion

Date: 1867

Compiler: A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co

First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: A Fillmore

Meter: 8s

Tune: Iowa (Stop)

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 217, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

We speak of the realms of the blest,

Of that country so bright and so fair,

And oft are its beauties confess'd;

But what must it be to be there?

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its pathways of gold, 

Of its walls deck'd with jewels so rare,

Of its wonders and pleasures untold;

But what must it be to be there?

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?

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its service of love,

Of the robes which the glorified wear,

Of the Church of the firstborn above;

But what must it be to be there?

But what must it be to be there?



Dear Lord, amid sorrow and woe,

For heaven my spirit prepare;

And shortly I also may know

And feel what it is to be there,

And feel what it is to be there.