Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: We speak of the realms of the blest (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest

Topic: Heaven

Writer: <no first name given> Mills

Composer: A Fillmore

Meter: 8s

Tune: Iowa (Stop)

Hymn Number: 486

Page Number: 170, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

WE speak of the realms of the blest,

That country so bright and so fair,

And oft are its glories confess'd;

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its pathways of gold,

Of its walls deck'd with jewels so rare,

Of its wonders and pleasures untold;

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its freedom from sin,

From sorrow, temptation, and care;

From trials without and within;

But what must it be to be there?



We speak of its service of love,

The robes which the glorified wear,

The Chruch of the First-born above;

But what must it be to be there?



O Lord, in this valley of woe,

Our spirits for heaven prepare;

Then shortly we also shall know

And feel what it is to be there.