Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Christian the vision before thee is glorious
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: A Hayden
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1097
Page Number: 649, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsChristian, the vision before thee is glorious,
The earth shall allure thy tried spirit no more;
Thou wast in the day of thy trial victorious,
Secure now at last, thy temptations are o'er.
Hard was the strife, but the strong one in battle,
Has been thy defender, and vanquished thy foes;
And heaven stood by thee to help thee in trouble,
And joyed when the sound of thy triumph arose.
High was the anthem those raptures revealing,
Ten thousand celestials the chorus prolong;
But louder the strains of the ransom'd are pealing,
And glory is swelling the conqueror's song.