Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Far from these narrow scenes of night
Topic: Christians/Hope of
Writer: Anne Steele
Composer: Thomas Arne
Meter: CM
Tune: Arlington
Hymn Number: 52
Page Number: 025, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFAR from these narrow scenes of night,
Unbounded glories rise.
And realms of infinite delight
Unknown to mortal eyes.
Celestial land! could our weak eyes
But half thy charms explore,
How would our spirits long to rise,
And dwell on earth no more!
There pain and sickness never come,
And grief no place obtains;
Health triumphs in immortal bloom,
And endless pleasure reigns.
No cloud these blissful regions know,
Forever bright and fair!
For sin, the source of every woe,
Can never enter there.
There no alternate night is known,
Nor sun's faint, sickly ray;
But glory from the sacred throne
Spreads everlasting day.