Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O that I had wings like a dove
Topic: Heaven/Rest in
Writer: W Moore
Composer: James Fillmore
Meter: 8s double
Tune: Smart
Hymn Number: 548
Page Number: 193, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO THAT I had wings like a dove!
For, then, would I soon be at rest;
I'd fly to the mansions above,
The home of the pure and the blest
The place where no sorrow or tears
Can ever my pleasures destroy;
But where, through eternity's years,
I'll drink from an ocean of joy!
Dear Saviour, O let me come home,
And rest on Thy bosom in peace;
No more from Thy presence to roam--
Then tempests and storms shall all cease.
I'll sing of Thy wonderful ways,
With all of the glorified throng--
Forever and ever, Thy praise
Shall be the one theme of my song,