Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Lord we expect a day
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 822
Page Number: 481, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, we expect a day
Still brighter far than this,
When death shall bear our souls away,
to realms of light and bliss.
There rapt'rous scenes of joy
Shall burst upon our sight;
And ev'ry pain, and tear, and sigh,
Be drown'd in endless night.
Beneath thy balmy wing,
O Sun of Righteousness!
Our happy souls shall sit and sing
The wonders of thy grace.
Nor shall that radiant day,
So joyfully begun,
In evening shadows die away
Beneath the setting sun.
How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Eternity thy love shall show,
And all thy truth record.