Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Not here not here not where the sparkling waters
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s and 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 839
Page Number: 493, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNot here! not here! Not where the sparkling waters
Fade into mocking sands as we draw near;
Where in the wilderness each footstep falters--
"I shall be satisfied;" but O! not here!
Not here--where all the dreams of bliss deceive us,
Where the worn spirit never gains its goal;
Where, haunted ever by the thought that grieves us,
Across us floods of bitter memory roll.
There is a land where every pulse is thrilling
With rapture earth's sojourners may not know,
Where heaven's repose the weary heart is stilling,
And peacfully life's time-tossed currents flow.
Far out of sight, while yet the flesh enfolds us,
Lies the fair country where our hearts abide,
And of its bliss is nought more wondrous told us
Than these few words--"I shall be satisfied."
Satisfied! satisfied! The spirit's yearning
For sweet companionship with kindred minds--
The silent love that here meets no returning--
The inspiration which no language finds--
Shall they be satisfied? The soul's vague longing--
The aching void which nothing earthly fills?
O! what desires upon my soul are thronging
As I look upward to the heavenly hills.
Thither my weak and weary steps are tending--
Saviour and Lord! with thy frail child abide!
Guide me toward home, where, all my wanderings ending,
I shall see thee, and "shall be satisfied."