Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Sweet glories rush upon my sight
Topic: A View of Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 207
Page Number: 197, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSweet glories rush upon my sight,
And charm my wondering eyes;
The regions of immortal light,
The beauties of the skies.
All hail, ye fair celestial shores!
Ye lands of endless day!
Swift on my view your prospect pours,
And drives my griefs away.
There's a delightful clearness now,
My clouds of doubt are gone,
Fled ism y former darkness too,
My fears are all withdrawn.
Short is the passage, short the space,
Between my home and me;
There, there behold the radiant place,
How near the mansions be.
Immortal wonders! Boundless things!
In those bright worlds appear;
Prepare me, Lord, to stretch my wings,
And in those glories share.
By faith I feel my spirit rise,
My heart begins t' ascend;
I'll stretch and soar above the skies,
Where raptures never end.