Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Hope of our hearts O Lord appear
Topic: The Present and the Future/Second Advent
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1099
Page Number: 650, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHope of our hearts, O Lord, appear,
Thou glorious star of day!
Shine forth, and chase the dreary night,
With all our tears, away.
Strangers on earth, we wait for thee;
O leave the Father's throne;
Come with a shout of victory, Lord
And claim us as thine own.
O bid the bright archangel now
The trump of God prepare,
To call thy saints-the quick, the dead,
To meet thee in the air.
No resting-place we seek on earth,
No loveliness we see;
Our eye is on the royal crown,
Prepar'd for us and thee.
But, dearest Lord, however bright
That crown of joy above,
What is it to the brighter hope
Of dwelling in thy love?
What to the joy, the deeper joy,
Unmingled, pure, and free,
Of union with our living Head,
Of fellowship with thee?
This joy e'en now on earth is ours,
But only, Lord, above
Our hear without a pang shall know
The fullness of thy love.
There, near thy hear, upon the throne,
Thy ransom'd Bride shall see,
What grace was in the bleeding Lamb,
Who died to make her free.