Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Burst ye emerald gates and bring
Topic: Christ/The Ascension
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s 6s and 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 202
Page Number: 127, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBurst, ye emerald gates, and bring
To my raptured vision
All the ecstatic joys that spring
Round the bright elysian;
Lo! we lift our longing eyes,
Break, ye intervening skies!
Sons of righteousness, arise,
Ope the gates of Paradise.
Floods of everlasting light
Freely flash before him;
Myriads, with supreme delight,
Instantly adore him;
Angelic trumps resound his fame;
Lutes of lucid gold proclaim
All the music of his name;
Heaven resounding with the theme.
Hark! the thrilling symphonies
Seem, methinks, to seize us;
Join we too the holy lays --
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!
Sweetest sound in seraph's song,
Sweetest note on mortal tongue,
Sweetest carol ever sung --
Jesus, Jesus flow along.