Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: One spark O God of heavenly fire
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Hymn Number: 357
Page Number: 355, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONE spark, O God, of heavenly fire,
To warm my heart with pure desire.
To reach the realm above;
Immortal glories round me shine,
I'd drink the stream of joy divine
And sing redeeming love.
O could I wing my way in haste,
Soon with bright seraphs I would feast,
And join their sweet employ;
I'd guide along the heavenly stream,
And join their most exalted theme
Of everlasting joy.
Too mean this little globe for me,
Nor will I e'er contented be,
To feast on things so vain;
Its greatest treasures are but dross,
Its grandeur short, its pleasures cross'd,
Its joys all mixed with pain.
But resting on my Saviour's arms,
My soul enjoys transporting charms,
Of everlasting love,
There's life, there's joy, there's solid peace
A friendship that can never cease,
A rock that connon move.
O then my soul stretch every thought,
To meet within the heavenly court,
Above these mortal cares,
Then with the angels let me rise,
And find my seal above the skies,
Where sins no more distress.
Then with an everlasting band,
With kindred saints at God's right hand,
My happy lot shall be;
To sing, to shout, to reign, to rest,
Forever and forever blest
With thee, O God, with thee.