Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 12s and 11s
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Hymn Number: 719
Page Number: 441, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW sweet to reflect on the joys that await me,
In yon blissful region the haven of rest:
Where glorified spirits with welcome shall greet me
And lead me to mansions prepared for the blest.
Encircled with light, and with glory enshrouded,
My happiness perfect my mind's sky unclouded;
I'll bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded,
And range with delight through the Eden of love.
While angelic legions with harps tuned celestial,
Harmoniously join in the concert of praise,
The saints as they flock from the regions terrestrial,
In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise:
Then songs to the Lamb shall re-echo through heaven,
My soul will respond, to Immanuel be given
All glory, all honor, all might and dominion,
Who brought us through grace to the Eden of love.
Then hail, blessed state! Hail ye daughters of glory!
Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above!
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,
"Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus' love:"
Though 'prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation,
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await me, when freed from probation:
My heart's now in heaven the Eden of love.