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Hymn: The sun above us gleaming (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: The sun above us gleaming

Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts

Writer: A Crithfield

Composer:

Meter: 7s 6s and 8s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 892

Page Number: 528, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

The sun above us gleaming

Is not the sun for me;

Though joyful be his beaming,

And beautiful to see;

There is a Sun of Righteousness

Who cheers and saves me by his grace,

All copious on me streaming,

O that's the Sun for me.



The Kings and Lords of nations,

Are not the kings for me;

Too low their highest stations,

Too mean their dignity:

The King of kings and Lord of lords,

Almighty in his ways and words,

The word of his salvation,

O that's the King for me.



This house of death and mourning

Is not the house for me,

Where all to dust are turning,

In tears and agony;

But there's a house not made with hands,

It ever stood and ever stands,

Beyond the world's last burning;

O that's the house for me.



The wars the hero fights in 

Are not the wars for me,

The war my heart delights in 

Shall end in victory;

'T is not a war of flesh and blood;

I fight for heaven, I fight for God,

A kingdom with my rights in,-

O that's the war for me.



This land of sin and sorrow

Is not the land for me,

Where anguish oft I borrow

From dying company;

Th' immortal land is far away,

I'll enter it on some bright day,

That day may be to-morrow,-

O that's the land for me.