And grant that we also may know,
And feel what it is to be there.
HO are they whose little feet,
Pacing life's short journey through,
Now have reached that heavenly seat,
They had ever kept in view?
"I from Greenland's frozen land;
I from India's sultry plain;
I from Afric's barren sand;
I from islands of the main."
All our earthly journey past,
Every tear and pain gone by,
Here together met at last,
At the portal of the sky.
Each the welcome "COME" awaits,
Conquerors over death and sin ;
Lift your heads ye golden gates!
Let the little travellers in.
Where saints and angels dwell:
How blest to join that glorious band,
And all their anthems swell.
But every one in all that throng
On earth has breathed a prayer;
No lips untaught may sing that song,
Or join the music there.
Thou heavenly Friend! thou heavenly
O teach us how to pray;
[Friend! Now let thy pardoning grace descend, And take our sins away.
Be all our fresh, our youthful days,
To thy blest service given:
Then we shall meet to sing thy praise,
A ransomed band in heaven.
HIS earth indeed is good and fair
Its sunny skies, its balmy air,
Its sparkling streams, its leafy bowers,
Its pleasant sounds, its fruits, its flowers,
All speak of God above.
But if this earth, which soon must fade,
Be thus so bright and lovely made,
What glory shall our eyes behold,
When heaven's eternal gates unfold,
And show us all his love!
If in this world where death is found,
So many joys our path surround,
What blessings will not God bestow
In that to which we hope to go,
When death shall be no more!
If on a world by sin defiled,
Its Maker hath so kindly smiled,
How gracious must his presence be,
In that from sin and sorrow free,
Beyond the grave in store!
RETHREN and sisters now in heaven, We think of them around the throne, To whom the King of kings hath given Eternal glory like his own:
Jesus, thy mercy rich and free,
Hath suffered them to come to Thee.
O we would think of them to-day.
Their sweet and everlasting song,
And hope to sing as loud as they,
And see them yet again ere long :
Jesus, may this our portion be;
O suffer us to come to Thee.
To come to Thee with humble mind,
With simple faith and earnest prayer,
To seek thy precious cross, and find
Peace, safety, joy, salvation there:
O set our sin-bound spirits free,
And suffer us to come to Thee.
To come, while we are young and
gay,
While life, and joy, and hope run high;
To come in this the accepted day;
To come at last, when death is nigh
Lord, in that day our guardian be,
And suffer us to come to Thee.
Tare on their way to heaven;
HE people of the Lord
There they obtain their great reward, The prize will there be given. 'Tis conflict here below;
'Tis triumph there and peace: On earth we wrestle with the foe, In heaven our conflicts cease.
'Tis gloom and darkness here
'Tis light and joy above;
There all is pure and all is clear;
There all is peace and love.
There rest shall follow toil,
And ease succeed to care;
The victors there divide the spoil;
They sing and triumph there.
Then let us joyful sing;
The conflict is not long:
We hope in heaven to praise our King In one eternal song.
HERE is a happy land
Far, far away,
Where saints in glory stand,
Bright, bright as day.
Oh, how they sweetly sing,
Worthy is our Saviour King;
Loud let his praises ring—
Praise, praise for aye.
Bright in that happy land,
Beams every eye;
Kept by a Father's hand,
Love cannot die.
Oh, we shall happy be,
When from sin and sorrow free!
Lord, we shall live with Thee!
Blest, blest for aye.
H angels in bliss,
OW delightful the thought that the
[such as this; Often bend their bright wings to a world And leave the sweet songs of the mansions
above, [of love. To breathe o'er our spirits some message They come, on the wings of the morning
Impatient to lead some poor wanderer home; [abode, Some pilgrim to snatch from this stormy And lay him to rest in the arms of his God.
IT comes, it comes, the promised time,
The long-expected glorious day,
When all the fallen human race
Shall dwell with Christ, and Him obey.
In one vast symphony of praise,
Gentile and Jew shall then unite,
And all together shall rejoice
In God's all glorious saving light,
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