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If for Jesus it pine, | If for Jesus it pine, | ||
Come up into the chariot of love. | Come up into the chariot of love. | ||
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2. Who in Jesus confide, | 2. Who in Jesus confide, | ||
We are bold to out-ride | We are bold to out-ride | ||
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To that heavenly shore, | To that heavenly shore, | ||
And out-fly all the arrows of death. | And out-fly all the arrows of death. | ||
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3. By faith we are come | 3. By faith we are come | ||
To our permanent home, | To our permanent home, | ||
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And look down on the skies; | And look down on the skies; | ||
For the heaven of heavens is love. | For the heaven of heavens is love. | ||
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4. Who on earth can conceive, | 4. Who on earth can conceive, | ||
How happy we live | How happy we live | ||
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When our Jesus’s grace | When our Jesus’s grace | ||
The whole heavenly company sing! | The whole heavenly company sing! | ||
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5. What a rapturous song, | 5. What a rapturous song, | ||
When the glorified throng | When the glorified throng | ||
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Hearts, voices, and lyres, | Hearts, voices, and lyres, | ||
And the burden is mercy divine! | And the burden is mercy divine! | ||
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6. Hallelujah they cry | 6. Hallelujah they cry | ||
To the King of the sky, | To the King of the sky, | ||
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And liveth again, | And liveth again, | ||
Hallelujah to God, and the Lamb! | Hallelujah to God, and the Lamb! | ||
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7. The Lamb on the throne | 7. The Lamb on the throne | ||
Lo! He dwells with his own, | Lo! He dwells with his own, | ||
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With the sight of his face, | With the sight of his face, | ||
Our beatified spirits he feeds. | Our beatified spirits he feeds. | ||
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8. Our foreheads proclaim | 8. Our foreheads proclaim | ||
His ineffable name, | His ineffable name, | ||
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We feast in his sight, | We feast in his sight, | ||
And eternity seems as a day! | And eternity seems as a day! | ||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 04:20, 13 January 2018
General information
This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 1749, in Hymns and Sacred Poems, Volume 2, Hymn 231. Meter is 668. 669 primarily, although the number of syllables per line varies in Wesley's hymn.
Settings by composers
- Amos Pilsbury — Triumph English SATB
Text and translations
English text 1. Come, let us ascend, |
3. By faith we are come |
5. What a rapturous song, |
7. The Lamb on the throne |
External links
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