Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: They are gone to the land where the Patriarchs rest
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Hymn Number: 634
Page Number: 335, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHEY are gone to the land where the Patriarchs rest,
Where the bones of the prophets are laid:
Where the chosen of Israel the promise possess'd,
And Jehovah his wonders displayed:
To the land where the Saviour of sinners once trod,
Where he labor'd and languished, and bled;
Where he triumphed o'er death and ascended to God
As he captive captivity led.
They have gone to the land where the gospel's glad sound,
Sweetly sung by the angels above,
Was re-echo'd on earth, all around the world,
The news of a Saviour's blest love.
Where the Spirit descended in tokens of flame-
The rich gifts of his grace to reveal;
Where apostles wrought signs in Immanuel's name;
The truth of their mission to seal.
They have gone-the glad heralds of mercy have gone,
To the land where the martyrs once bled;
Where the "Beast and False Prophet" have since trodden down-
The fair fabric that Zion had laid.
Where the churches once planted, and watered and blest
With the dews which high heaven distill'd,
Have been smitten, despoiled, and by heathen possess'd,
And the places that knew them, defiled.
They have gone-O, thou Shepherd of Israel have gone,
The glad mission in love to restore;
Thou wilt not forsake them nor leave them alone;
Thy blessing we humbly implore.
Thy blessing go with them-O, be thou their shield,
From the shafts of the fowler that fly;
O Saviour of sinners, thine arm be revealed
In mercy and might from on high.