Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: To Jesus the crown of my hope
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> Cowper
Composer:
Meter: 8s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 827
Page Number: 485, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTo Jesus, the crown of my hope,
My soul is in haste to be gone;
O bear me, ye cherubim, up,
And waft me away to his throne.
My Saviour, whom absent, I love;
Whom, not having seen, I adore;
Whose name is axalted above
All glory, dominion, and power!
Dissolve thou those bands that detain
My soul from her portion in thee,
Ah! strike off this adamant chain,
and make me eternally free.
When that happy era begins,
When arrayed in thy glories I shine,
nor grieve any more, by my sins,
The bosom on which I recline;
O then shall the vail be removed!
And round me thy brightness be poured
I shall meet him, whom absent I loved,
I shall see, whom unseen I adored.
And then, never more shall the fears,
The trials, temptations, and woes,
Which darken this valley of tears,
Intrude on my blissful repose.