1.
WHAT glorious scenes of bliss untold
Has God reveal’d to sinful dust,
What sweet rewards does Christ unfold
To all the righteous and the just!
2.
Beyond this dreary vale of tears,
A passage opens from the tomb,
And Christ in perfect love appears,
To change the sinner’s awful doom.
3.
The blest Redeemer died to save
A helpless, guilty, fallen race,
To cheer the prospect of the grave.
And freely pour abundant grace.
4.
To Him then let our thanks be given,
Who hath redeem’d us by his love,
Who hath prepar’d a seat in Heav’n
For all who place their hopes above.
5.
Unfading joys he has reveal’d
To those who early seek their God,
Such joys as ever lie conceal’d
From them who seek not virtue’s road.
6.
Beyond this gloomy world of woe,
A state of perfect bliss appears,
Where all the pure in heart shall go,
And Jesus wipe away their tears.
7.
Ah! Who shall tell that awful day,
When earth shall sink in endless night.
When we shall leave this house of clay,
And fly to realms of heavn’ly light.
8.
Seraphic strains by angels sung,
Shall wake the soul to holy fire,
And infants lisp, with trembling tongue,
The praises of their gracious Sire.
9.
The soul, escap’d from pain and care,
Shall bid adieu to earthly chains,
Shall join the blest assembly there,
With them prolong the pleasing strains.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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