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
LyicsThe 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.