Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heav'n
Topic: Angels
Writer: A Hillhouse
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: LM
Tune: Tappan
Hymn Number: 198
Page Number: 079, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEARTH has a joy unknown in heav'n--
The new-born joy of sins forgiven!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
O angels! never dimm'd your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And evening folds her drooping wings.
Bright heralds of th' Eternal Will,
Abroad His arrands you fulfill;
Or, thron'd in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in His presence play.
But I amid your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine;
You on your harps must lean to hear
A secret chord that mine shall bear.