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: Vital spark of heav'nly flame
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Hymn Number: Hymn 210 (part II)
Page Number: 180 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsVITAL spark of heav'nly flame,
Quit, oh! quit this mortal frame,
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying;
Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying:
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
Hark, they whisper! angels say
"Sister spirit, come away;"
What is this absorbs me quite,
Steals my senses, shuts my sight;
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
The world recedes, it disappears;
Heav'n opens on my eyes; my ears
With sounds seraphic ring;
Lend, lend your wings, I mount, I fly;
O grave, where is thy victory?
O death where is thy sting?