Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Hail the day that saw him rise
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Hymn 23 (part II)
Page Number: 028 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHAIL the day that saw him rise,
Ravish'd from his people's eyes;
Christ awhile to mortals given,
Re-ascends his native heaven.
There the pompous triumph waits,
"Lift your heads ye heavenly gates,"
Wide unfold the radiant scene,
Take the king of glory in.
He whom highest heaven receives,
Ever loves the friends he leaves;
Though returning to his throne,
Still he calls his saints his own:
Still for us he intercedes,
Prevalent his death he pleads;
Near himself prepares a place,
Harbinger of human race.
Taken from our eyes to-day,
Master, hear us when we pray,
See thy needy servants, see,
Ever gazing up to thee:
Grant, though parted from our sight,
Far above yon azure height,
Grant our hearts may thither rise-
Follow thee beyond the skies.
Ever upward let us move,
Wafted on the wings of love;
Looking when our Lord shall come,
Longing, reaching after home.
There, forever to remain,
Partners of thine endless reign;
There thy face unclouded see,
Find our heaven of heavens in thee.