Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: W Tillou
Composer: J Hicks
Meter: 12s and 11s
Tune: Eden of Love
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 237, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow sweet to reflect on those joys that await me,
In yon blissful region, the haven of rest;
Where glorified spirits with welcome shall greet me,
And lead me to mansions prepared for the blest.
Encircled in light and with glory enshrouded,
My happiness perfect, my mind's sky unclouded;
I'll bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded,
And range, with delight, thro' the Eden of love.
While angelic legions, with harps tuned celestial,
Harmoniously join in the concert of praise;
The saints, as they flock from the regions terrestrial,
In loud hallelujahs their voices shall raise.
Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo through heaven;
My soul shall respond, To Immanuel be given
All glory, all honour, all might and dominion,
Who brought us, thro' grace, to the Eden of love.
Then hail! Blessed state; hail! Ye songsters of glory
Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above
I'll join your full choir, in rehearsing the story,
Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus's love.
Though prison'd in earth, yet by anticipation;
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await me, when freed from probation;
My heart's now in heaven, the Eden of love.