Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Hark hark the voice of ceaseless praise
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1131
Page Number: 672, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHark! hark! the voice of ceaseless praise,
Around Jehovah's throne;
Songs of celestial joy they raise,
To mortal lips unknown.
Upon the sea of glass they stand
In shining robes of light;
The harps of God are in their hand,
They rest not day or night.
O! for an angel's perfect love,
A seraph's soaring wing,
To sing with thousand saints above,
The triumphs of our King.
On earth our feeble voice we try,
In weakness and in shame,
We bless, we laud, we magnify,
We conquer in his name.
But O! with pure and sinless heart,
His mercies to adore,
My God, to know thee as thou art,
Nor grieve thy Spirit more!
O! blessed hope! a "little while,"
And we, amidst that throng,
Shall live in our Redeemer's smile,
And swell the immortal song.