Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Joyfully joyfully onward I move
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: William Hunter
Composer: A Merrill
Meter: 10s
Tune: Joyfully
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 274, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJoyfully, joyfully onward I move;
Bound for the land of bright spirits above;
Angelic choristers sing as I come,
"Joyfully, joyfully haste to thy home."
Soon, with my pilgrimage ended below,
Home to the land of bright spirits I'll go;
Pilgrim and stranger no more shall I roam,
Joyfully, joyfully resting at home.
Friends fondly cherished have passed on before;
Waiting, they watch me approaching the shore;
Singing, to cheer me through death's chilling gloom,
"Joyfully, joyfully haste to thy home."
Sounds of sweet melody fall on my ear;
Harps of the blessed, your voices I hear!
Rings with the harmony heaven's high dome;
Joyfully, joyfully haste to thy home.
Death, with thy weapons of war lay me low;
Strike, king of terrors, I fear not the blow;
Jesus has broken the bars of the tomb,
Joyfully, joyfully will I go home.
Bright will the morn of eternity dawn,
Death shall be vanquished, his scepter be gone;
Joyfully then shall I witness his doom,
Joyfully, joyfully, safely at home.