Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Earth has a joy unknown in heav'n
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 637
Page Number: 337, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEARTH has a joy unknown in heav'n-
The new-born joy of sins forgiv'n!
Tears of such pure and deep delight,
O angels never dim'd your sight.
You saw of old on chaos rise
The beauteous pillars of the skies;
You know where morn exulting springs,
And ev'ning folds her drooping wings.
Bright heralds of th' Eternal Will,
Abroad his errands you fulfil;
Or thron'd in floods of beamy day,
Symphonious in his presence play.
Loud is the song-the heav'nly plain
]Is shaken with the choral strain-
And dying echoes, floating far,
Draw music from each chiming star.
But I amidst your choirs shall shine,
And all your knowledge shall be mine;
You on your harps must lean to hear
A sacred chord that mine can bear.