Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Joyfully joyfully onward I move
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 793
Page Number: 463, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJoyfully, joyfully onward I move,
Bound to 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 go;
Pilgrim and stranger, no more shall I roam:
Joyfully, joyfully resting at home.
Friends fondly cherished, but 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 voice 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 hath broken the bars of the tomb!
Joyfully, joyfully will I go home.
Bright will the morn of eternity dawn;
Death shall be banished, his scepter be gone;
Joyfully, then, shall I witness his doom,
Joyfully, joyfully, safely at home.