Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise
Topic: Public Worship/Opening and Closing
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Lanesboro'
Hymn Number: 533
Page Number: 192, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGive me the wings of faith, to rise
Within the vail, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
Once they were mourning here below,
And bathed their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death;
They marked the footsteps that he trod;
His zeal inspired their breast;
And, following their incarnate God,
Possessed the promised rest.